2 This is the day which God has blessed, The brightest of the seven, Type of the everlasting rest The saints enjoy in heaven.
3 Then let us in his name sing on, And hasten on that day, When our Redeemer shall come down, And shadows pass away.
4 Not one, but all our days below, Our hearts his praise employ; And in our Lord rejoicing go To his eternal joy.
619 C. M. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24.
This is the day the Lord hath made, He calls the hours his own; Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround the throne.
2 To-day he rose and left the dead, And Satan’s empire fell; To-day the saints his triumphs spread, And all his wonders tell.
3 Hosanna to th’ anointed King, To David’s holy Son; Help us, O Lord—descend and bring Salvation from thy throne.
4 Blessed be the Lord who comes to men With messages of grace; Who comes in God his Father’s name To save our sinful race.
5 Hosanna in the highest strains The church on earth can raise; The highest heavens in which he reigns, Shall give him nobler praise.
620 C. M. I will praise thee with my whole heart. Psalm 9:1.
O Father! though the anxious fear May cloud to-morrow’s way, No fear nor doubt shall enter here; All shall be thine to-day.
2 We will not bring divided hearts To worship at thy shrine; But each unworthy thought departs, And leaves this temple thine.
3 Sleep, sleep to-day, tormenting cares, Of earth and folly born; Ye shall not dim the light that streams From this celestial morn.
621 C. M. Lev. 23:11, & 1 Cor. 15:20.
This is the day the first ripe sheaf Before the Lord was waved, And Christ, first-fruits of them that slept, Was from the dead received.
2 He rose for them for whom he died, That, like to him, they may Rise when he comes, in glory great, That ne’er shall fade away.
3 This is the day the Spirit came With us on earth to stay— A Comforter, to fill our hearts With joys that ne’er decay.
4 His comforts are the earnest sure Of that same heavenly rest Which Jesus entered on, when he Was made for ever blest.
5 This day the Christian Church began, Formed by his wondrous grace; This day the saints in concord meet, To join in prayer and praise.
622 C. M. He hath abolished death. 2 Tim. 1:10.
The Saviour risen to-day we praise, In concert with the blest; For now we see his work complete, And enter into rest.
2 On this first day a brighter scene Of glory was displayed By the Creating Word, than when The universe was made.
3 He rises who mankind has bought With grief and pain extreme: ’Twas great to speak the world from nought, ’Twas greater to redeem.
4 How vain the stone, the watch, the seal! Nought can forbid his rise: ’Tis he who shuts the gates of hell, And opens Paradise.
623 C. M. The type of endless rest.
The the worn spirit wants repose, And sighs her God to seek, How sweet to hail the evening’s close, That ends the weary week!
2 How sweet to hail the early dawn That opens on the sight, When first that soul-reviving morn Sheds forth new rays of light!
3 Sweet day! thine hours too soon will cease; Yet while they gently roll, Breathe, gracious Lord, thou source of peace, A Sabbath o’er my soul!
4 When will my pilgrimage be done, The world’s long week be o’er: That Sabbath dawn, which needs no sun, That day, which fades no more!
624 S. M. This is the Lord’s doing. Psalm 118:23.
This is the glorious day, That our Redeemer made; Let us rejoice, and sing, and pray, Let all the church be glad.
2 The work, O Lord, is thine, And wondrous in our eyes; This day declares it all divine, This day did Jesus rise.
3 Hosanna to the King, Of David’s royal blood; Bless him, you saints, he comes to bring Salvation from your God.
4 We bless thy Holy Word, Which all this grace displays, And offer on thine altar, Lord, Our sacrifice of praise.
625 S. M. The righteous doth sing and rejoice. Prov. 29:6.
Sweet is the task, O Lord, Thy glorious acts to sing, To praise thy name, and hear thy word, And grateful offerings bring.
2 Sweet, at the dawning hour, Thy boundless love to tell; And when the night-wind shuts the flower, Still on the theme to dwell.
3 Sweet, on this day of rest, To join in heart and voice With those who love and serve thee best, And in thy name rejoice.
4 To songs of praise and joy, May all our days be given, That such may be our best employ Eternally in heaven.
626 S. M. Welcome, sweet day of rest.