These words were written in 1866 by Ada Cambridge, who was born November 21, 1844, at St. Germains in Norfolk, England, and appear in her Hymns on the Holy Communion. The title of the hymn is “Fourth Commandment,” and it was intended for Sunday morning, for it expresses the spiritual meaning of the Sabbath (which she identified with the first day of the week) as a day of rest from sin and of peace with God. Originally there were eight stanzas.

In April 1869 Ada Cambridge married a curate, George Frederick Cross, who was appointed rector on his wedding day; the couple sailed for Australia a month later. She helped her husband by being a district visitor in various parishes of the state of Victoria, where he was stationed. She also wrote Hymns on the Litany and other books. She died July 19, 1926, at Melbourne, Australia.

The tune ST. GEORGE BOLTON was composed in 1875 by James Walch and commemorates the name of the church in Bolton Lancashire, where he was the church organist at the time. Walch was born on June 21, 1837, in the village of Egerton, near Bolton, Lancanshire. He studied music under his father and then under Henry Smart (see SDAH 119), and in his very early teens was a church organist. He played in both Congregational and Anglican churches and in 1863 was appointed organist for St. George’s church in Bolton. He conducted the Bolton Philharmonic Society from 1874 to 1877. Then he moved to Burrow; he was church organist there and conducted a music business. He wrote other hymn tunes and church music. He died on August 31, 1901 at Llandudno, in North Wales. He also composed SDAH 365, TIDINGS.