Text: | O Day of Rest and Gladness |
Author: | Bishop C. Wordsworth |
Tune: | MENDEBRAS |
Arranger: | L. 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,
Bending before the throne,
Sing, Holy, Holy, Holy,
To the great Three in One.
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 given.
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: | Bishop C. Wordsworth (1861) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1929 |
Topic: | Worship |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MENDEBRAS |
Arranger: | L. Mason (1839) |
Meter: | 7 6 7 6 D |
Incipit: | 12333 21215 13555 |
Key: | F Major |