Text: | O Day Of Rest And Gladness |
Author: | Christopher Wordsworth |
Tune: | DAY OF REST |
Composer: | James W. Elliott |
1 O day of rest and gladness,
O day of joy and light,
O balm of care and sadness,
Most beautiful, most bright;
On thee the high and lowly,
Before th'eternal throne,
Sing Holy, Holy, Holy,
To the great Three in One.
2 On thee, at the creation,
The light first had its birth;
On thee, for our salvation,
Christ rose from depths of earth;
On thee our Lord victorious
The Spirit sent from heav'n;
And thus on thee, most glorious,
A triple light was giv'n.
3 Today on weary nations
The heav'nly manna falls;
To holy convocations
The silver trumpet calls,
Where Gospel light is glowing
With pure and radiant beams,
And living water flowing
With soul-refreshing streams.
4 New graces ever gaining
From this our day of rest,
We reach the rest remaining
To spirits of the blest.
To Holy Ghost be praises,
To Father and to Son;
The Church her voice upraises
To Thee, blest Three in One.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O day of rest and gladness |
Title: | O Day Of Rest And Gladness |
Author: | Christopher Wordsworth (1862) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | Opening of Worship; Processionals and Recessionals: General |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DAY OF REST |
Composer: | James W. Elliott (1874) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D |
Key: | F Major |