O Day of Rest And Gladness

Verse 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,
through ages joined in tune, Sing holy,
holy, holy, to the great God Triune.

Verse 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 heaven,
And thus on thee, most glorious,
a triple light was given.

Verse 3

Thou art a port,
protected from storms that round us rise;
A garden, intersected with streams of paradise;
Thou art a cooling fountain in life's dry,

dreary sand; From thee, like Pisgah's mountain,
we view our promised land.

Verse 4

Thou art a holy ladder,
where angels go and come;
Each Sunday finds us gladder,
nearer to heaven, our home;

A day of sweet refection,
thou art a day of love,
A day of resurrection from earth to things above.

Verse 5

Today on weary nations the heavenly 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.

Verse 6

New graces ever gaining from this our day of rest,
We reach the rest remaining to spirits of the blessed.
To Holy Ghost be praises, to Father,
and to Son;

The church her voice upraises to Thee,
blessed Three in One.