Book XIII · Chapter XXXV
He Prays God for that Peace of Rest Which Hath No Evening
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50. O Lord God, grant Thy peace unto us, for Thou hast supplied us with all things,—the peace of rest, the peace of the Sabbath, which hath no evening. For all this most beautiful order of things, "very good" (all their courses being finished), is to pass away, for in them there was morning and evening.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Volume 1, ed. Philip Schaff (1886–89). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.