The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7201

7201. Welcome, Delightful Morn

1. Welcome, delightful morn,
Thou day of sacred rest!
I hail thy kind return;
Lord, make these moments blest;
From the low train of mortal toys,
I soar to reach immortal joys,
I soar to reach immortal joys.

2. Now may the King descend,
And fill His throne with grace;
Thy scepter, Lord, extend,
While saints address Thy face:
Let sinners feel Thy quickening Word,
And learn to know and fear the Lord,
And learn to know and fear the Lord.

3. Descend, celestial Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Disclose a Savior’s love,
And bless the sacred hours:
Then shall my soul new life obtain,
Nor Sabbaths be enjoyed in vain,
Nor Sabbaths be enjoyed in vain.

Text Information

• First Line: Welcome, delightful morn
• Title: Welcome, Delightful Morn
• Author: Hayward
• Language: English
• Source: John Do­bell’s New Se­lect­ion, 1806
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: ASPIRATION, William W. Gilchrist, 1895; REED, John P. Campbell, 1899

Tune Information

• Name: DAS LIEBEN BRINGT GROSS FREUD
• Composer: Fried­rich Sil­cher (1827)
• Arranger: Low­ell Ma­son
• Key: G Major
• Source: From a Swa­bi­an folk tune; ar­ranged in Car­mi­na Sac­ra, se­cond ed­i­tion, 1841
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Some hym­nals name the tune LISCHER (a mis­spell­ing of "Sil­cher"?), or er­ron­e­ous­ly give Sil­cher’s name as "Schnei­der."