Text: | O Day of Rest and Gladness |
Author: | Christopher Wordsworth |
Tune: | MENDEBRAS |
Arranger: | Lowell Mason |
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 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: | 1974 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MENDEBRAS |
Arranger: | Lowell Mason (1839) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D. |
Key: | E♭ Major |