The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1223

1223. Day of God, Thou Blessèd Day

1. Day of God, thou blessèd day,
At thy dawn the grave gave way
To the power of Him within,
Who had, sinless, bled for sin.

2. Thine the radiance to illume
First, for man, the dismal tomb,
When its bars their weakness owned,
There revealing death dethroned.

3. Then the Sun of righteousness
Rose, a darkened world to bless,
Bringing up from mortal night
Immortality and light.

4. Day of glory, day of power,
Sacred be thine every hour:
Emblem, earnest, of the rest
That remaineth for the blest.

Text Information

• First Line: Day of God, thou blessèd day
• Title: Day of God, Thou Blessèd Day
• Author: Hannah F. Gould
• Meter: 77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Poems, 1841
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: GLAD DAY
• Composer: William Wallace Gilchrist (1895)
• Meter: 77.77
• Incipit: 55113 15532 17621
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain