“Sabbath Evening”
Softly fades the twilight ray
Of the holy Sabbath day;
Gently as life’s setting sun;
When the Christian’s course is run.
Night her solemn mantle spreads
O’er the earth, as daylight fades;
All things tell of calm repose
At the holy Sabbath’s close.
Peace is on the world abroad;
‘Tis the holy peace of God, —
Symbol of the peace within,
When the spirit rests from sin.
Still the Spirit lingers near,
Where the evening worshipper
Seeks communion with the skies,
Pressing onward to the prize.
~ by M.S.F. Smith
