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 you the high and lowly,
through ages joined in tune,
sing "Holy, holy, holy,"
to the great God triune,

On you, at the creation,
the light first had its birth;
on you, for our salvation,
Christ rose from depths of earth;
on you our Lord, victorious,
the Spirit sent from heav'n;
and thus on you, most glorious,
a triple light was giv'n.

You are a port protected
from storms that round us rise;
a garden intersected
with streams of paradise;
you are a cooling fountain
in life's dry, dreary sand;
from you, like Pisgah's mountain,
we view the promised land.

Today on weary nations
the heav'nly 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 you, blest Three in One.