Christ in Song ‎#386

386. Day of Rest and Gladness!

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,
Who bend before the throne,
Sing, Holy, holy, holy,
To the Eternal One.

2 Thou art a port protected
From storms that round us rise,
A garden intersected
With streams of paradise;
Thou art a cooling fountain
In life's dry, dreary sand;
From thee, like Pisgah's mountain,
We view our promised land.

3 A day of sweet reflection
Thou art, a day of love;
A day to raise affection
From earth to things above.
New graces ever gaining
From this our day of rest,
We seek the rest remaining
In mansions of the blest.

Text Information

• First Line: O day of rest and gladness
• Title: Day of Rest and Gladness!
• Author: Wordsworth
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Hymns for Worship: The Rest Day

Tune Information

• Name: MENDEBRAS
• Meter: 7s & 6s, D.
• Key: F Major
• Source: German