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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Sweet is the task O Lord (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Sweet is the task O Lord

Topic: Public Worship/The Lord's Day

Writer: <no first name given> Lyte

Composer:

Meter: SM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 625

Page Number: 375, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Sweet is the task, O Lord,

Thy glorious acts to sing,

To praise thy name, and hear thy word,

And grateful offerings bring.



Sweet, at the dawning hour,

Thy boundless love to tell;

And when the night-wind shuts the flower,

Still on the theme to dwell.



Sweet, on this day of rest,

To join in heart and voice

With those who love and serve thee best,

And in thy name rejoice.



To songs of praise and joy

May all our days be given,

That such may be our best employ

Eternally in heaven.