Sweet is the work (John J. McClellan)
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CPDL #20819: 
- Editor: J. Ashley Hall (submitted 2010-01-13). Score information: Letter, 11 pages, 254 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright © 2007 by John Ashley Hall
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General Information
Title: Sweet Is the Work
Composer: John J. McClellan
Arranger: J. Ashley Hall
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 2007
Description: J. Ashley Hall arrangement of John J. McClellan melody
External websites: http://www.ashleyhallmusic.com
Original text and translations
English text
Sweet is the work, my God, my King,
To praise Thy Name, give thanks and sing,
To show Thy love by morning light
And talk of all Thy truth at night.
Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares shall seize my breast.
O may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound!
My heart shall triumph in my Lord
And bless His works and bless His Word.
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine!
How deep Thy counsels, how divine!
Fools never raise their thoughts so high;
Like brutes they live, like brutes they die;
Like grass they flourish, till Thy breath
Blast them in everlasting death.
But I shall share a glorious part,
When grace has well refined my heart;
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.
Sin (my worst enemy before)
Shall vex my eyes and ears no more;
My inward foes shall all be slain,
Nor Satan break my peace again.
Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desired and wished below;
And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.