Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#34

34. Welcome, sweet day of rest

1 Welcome, sweet day of rest
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this reviving breast
And these rejoicing eyes.

2 The King himself comes near,
And feasts His saints to-day;
Here we may sit, and see Him here,
And love and praise and pray.

3 One day, amid the place
Where Christ, my Lord, has been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasure and of sin.

4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
Till call'd to rise and soar away
To everlasting bliss.

Text Information

• First Line: Welcome, sweet day of rest
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Lord's Day; Praise: hymns of genearl praise; Sabbath; Worship: hymns of opening
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Author from index: Watts

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