The Lutheran Hymnary ‎#471

471. O day of rest and gladness

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.

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.

3 Thou art a port protected
From storms that round us rise;
A garden intersected
With streams of Paradise;
Thou at a cooling fountain,
In life's dry, dreary sand;
From thee, like Pisgah's mountain,
We view our promised land.

4 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.

5 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.

Text Information

• First Line: O day of rest and gladness
• Author: C. Wordsworth (1862)
• Meter: 7, 6. 8L.
• Publication Date: 1913
• Topic: The Church Year: Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity; Lord's Day

Tune Information

• Name: [O day of rest and gladness]
• Composer: Samuel S. Wesley (1864)
• Meter: 7, 6. 8L.
• Key: E♭ Major