Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity
of the Cyber Hymnal Website
Words: Godfrey Thring, 1863; first appeared in his Hymns Congregational and Others, 1866.
Music: "Wreford," Edmund Sardinson Carter (1845-1923)
Hail! sacred day of earthly rest,
From toil and trouble free:
Hail! day of light, that bringest light
And joy to me.
A holy stillness, breathing calm
On all the world around,
Uplifts my soul, O God, to Thee,
Where rest is found.
On all I think, or say, or do,
A ray of light divine
Is shed, O God, this day by Thee,
For it is Thine.
Accept, O God, my hymn of praise,
That Thou, this day, hast given
Sweet foretaste of that endless day
Of rest in heaven.
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