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645 The day is past and gone.

646 Through the day Thy love has spared us.
647 Hear our prayer, O Heavenly Father.
678 One sweetly solemn thought.

The Lord's Day.

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.

2 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.

3 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.

4 To-day on weary nations

The heavenly manna falls :

To holy convocations

The silver trumpet calls,

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Where Gospel light is glowing
With pure and radiant beams,
And living water flowing
With soul-refreshing streams.

5 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.

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HAIL! sacred day of earthly rest,

From toil and trouble free:
Hail! day of light, that bringest light
And joy to me.

2 A holy stillness, breathing calm
On all the world around,

Uplifts my soul, O God, to Thee,
Where rest is found.

3 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.

4 Accept, O God, my hymn of praise,
That Thou, this day, hast given
Sweet foretaste of that endless day
Of rest in heaven.

OME, let us all with one accord

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Adore and magnify the Lord,
And festive service pay,

8.8.6.

2 On this the day that God hath blest, The day of peace and heavenly rest, The Lord's own holy day,

3 That saw primeval darkness break,
And that more glorious life awake
That lasteth evermore;

4 That saw hell's legions prostrate fall,
And Christ, triumphant over all,
His own to heaven restore.

5 This day the peace that flows from heaven
Was unto the Apostles given,

When doors were closed at night;

6 This day the Holy Spirit's flame Upon the Church's teachers came, And filled their souls with light.

7 Still on this day with trumpet sound The Gospel notes are ringing round, To call the world to pray :

8 Then on this day let us adore Our God, and supplication pour,

That, when worlds pass away,

9 Through Christ's dear grace our souls
In peace and joy, forever blest,
Till the great Judgment day.

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JELCOME, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;

Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

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2 The King Himself comes near
And feasts His saints to-day;
Here may we seek, and see Him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

3 One day of prayer and praise
His sacred courts within,

Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasurable sin.

4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,

And wait to hail the brighter day
Of everlasting bliss.

THIS is the day of Light:

Let there be light to-day ;

O Day-spring, rise upon our night,
And chase its gloom away.

2 This is the day of Rest:

Our failing strength renew
On weary brain and troubled breast
Shed Thou Thy freshening dew.

3 This is the day of Peace:

Thy peace our spirits fill;

Bid Thou the blasts of discord cease,
The waves of strife be still.

4 This is the day of Prayer:

Let earth to heaven draw near:
Lift up our hearts to seek Thee there;
Come down to meet us here.

5 This is the First of days:

Send forth Thy quickening breath,
And wake dead souls to love and praise,
O Vanquisher of death!

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WITH joy we hail the sacred day,

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Which God hath called His own;

With joy the summons we obey,
To worship at His throne.

2 Thy chosen temple, Lord, how fair!
As here Thy servants throng
To breathe the humble, fervent prayer,
And pour the grateful song.

3 Spirit of grace, oh, deign to dwell
Within Thy Church below!
Make her in holiness excel,
With pure devotion glow.

4 Let peace within her walls be found;
Let all her sons unite

To spread with holy zeal around
Her clear and shining light.

5 Great God, we hail the sacred day

Which Thou hast called Thine own:
With joy the summons we obey
To worship at Thy throne.

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TO Thy temple I repair ;

Lord, I love to worship there;
While Thy glorious praise is sung,
Touch my lips, unloose my tongue.

2 While the prayers of saints ascend,
God of love, to mine attend;
Hear me, for Thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

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