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Hymn: O sacred day of peace and joy (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: O sacred day of peace and joy

Topic: Public Worship/The Lord's Day

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 613

Page Number: 369, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

O sacred day of peace and joy,

Thy hours are ever dear to me;

Ne'er may a sinful thought destroy

The holy calm I find in thee.



Dear are thy peaceful hours to me,

For God has given them in his love,

To tell how calm, how blest shall be

The endless day of heaven above.