The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5948

5948. Six Days of Labor Now Are Past

1. Six days of labor now are past;
Thou restest, Holy God;
And of Thy finished work has said,
That all is very good.

2. Yet while the seventh day is blessed,
Hallowed for rest divine,
Behold, a new creation needs
That mighty power of Thine.

3. Ten thousands voices praise Thy name
In earth and sea and sky;
One sinner by his sin has marred
The blissful harmony.

4. O Lord, create man’s heart anew,
The heart of stone remove:
Then hymns of praise again shall rise,
The fruits of holy love.

5. O for the songs that Thou wilt bless,
Where heart and voice agree;
O for the prayers that plead aright
With Thy dread majesty.

6. All praise to God, the Three in One,
Who high in glory reigns;
Who by His Word hath all things made,
And by His Word sustains.

Text Information

• First Line: Six days of labor now are past
• Title: Six Days of Labor Now Are Past
• Latin Title: Tandem peractis O Deus
• Author: Charles Coffin (1736)
• Translator (from Latin): John Chandler
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Paris Breviary, 1736; Translated by John Chandler & the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Other translators also

Tune Information

• Name: MALMESBURY ABBEY
• Composer: James Comley (1875)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 56153 42321 23455
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875
• Copyright: Public Domain