Text: | Delightful day, best gift of heaven |
Author: | R. F. Cottrell |
Tune: | PARK STREET |
Composer: | Frederick M. A. Venna |
1 Delightful day, best gift of heaven,
By man in Eden first possessed;
Jehovah's rest-day, kindly given
That all his creatures might be blessed.
2 Memorial of creation's King,
We welcome now thy glad return;
And while his praise we join to sing,
Our hearts with love and rapture burn.
3 We bless thy name, almighty Lord,
We love the keepsake thou hast given;
Our voices raise with one accord
In honor of the King of heaven.
4 All praise to Jesus, by whose blood
We are redeemed from sin and death;
Give glory to the Son of God,
Praise him all creatures that have breath.
5 By sin we are exposed to wrath;
He died for us, that he might draw
Our wandering feet to virtue's path,
Where we may keep God's holy law.
6 That law shall still be our delight,
The holy Sabbath is a part,
And when we gain that world so bright,
All flesh shall keep it with one heart.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Delightful day, best gift of heaven |
Author: | R. F. Cottrell |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Worship: The Sabbath |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | PARK STREET |
Composer: | Frederick M. A. Venna |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | A Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #215, 343, or 47. |