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| Text: | Welcome, sweet day of rest |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Tune: | LISBON |
| Composer: | Daniel Read |
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 may we sit, and see Him here,
And love and praise and pray.
3 One day within the place
Where Christ, my Lord, has been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Within the tents of sin.
4 My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
Till called to rise and soar away
To everlasting bliss.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Welcome, sweet day of rest |
| Author: | Isaac Watts (1709) |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1899 |
| Topic: | Fellowship with God; Lord's Day: Day of Worship; Lord's Day: Welcomed |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | LISBON |
| Composer: | Daniel Read |
| Meter: | S. M. |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
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