The Hymnal ‎#43a

43a. O day of rest and gladness

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.

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 heaven,
And thus on thee most glorious
A triple light was given.

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.

Today on weary nations
The heavenly 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.

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

• First Line: O day of rest and gladness
• Author: Christopher Wordsworth (1862)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: The Lord's Day; Sunday Schools: Sunday Morning

Tune Information

• Name: HODGES
• Composer: John S. B. Hodges (1869)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
• Key: E Major