When the Worn Spirit Wants Repose Lyrics James Edmeston, 1820
4 verses, meter C.M., public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 1. When the worn spirit wants repose,
And sighs her God to seek,
How sweet to hail the evening’s close
That ends the weary week!
Verse 2. How sweet to hail the early dawn
That opens on the sight,
When first that soul-reviving morn
Sheds forth new rays of light!
Verse 3. Sweet day! thine hours too soon will cease;
Yet, while they gently roll,
Breathe, heavenly Spirit, source of peace,
A Sabbath o’er my soul.
Verse 4. When will my pilgrimage be done,
The world’s long week be o’er,
That Sabbath dawn which needs no sun,
That day which fades no more?
Words copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). They were published in 1820, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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