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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 (1 more...) |
| Notes: | Now Public Domain. Author from index: Watts |
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