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Happy, happy Sunday, Day of rest and peace

Happy, happy Sunday, Day of rest and peace

Tune: BARRY (17627)
Published in 3 hymnals


Representative Text

1 Happy, happy Sunday!
Day of rest and peace,
Which from earthly labours
Bringeth us release;
Day which tells of Jesus
Rising from the dead,
Day on which His members
With His grace are fed!

2 Jewish bondage ended,
Jewish rites surpassed,
On this day we worship
Christ, the First and Last;
Here in Christian freedom,
Gladly we may sing
Hymns of praise and honour
To our loving King.

3 Every week, in Jesus,
Thus do we begin,
Who redeemed and called us,
Saving us from sin;
And our week-day labours
Are for ever blest,
By the gracious worship
Of the Sunday Rest. AMEN.

Source: Voices of Praise: for school and church and home #27

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Text Information

First Line: Happy, happy Sunday, Day of rest and peace
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. #151

A Hymnal and Service Book for Sunday Schools, Day Schools, Guilds, Brotherhoods, etc. #151
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The Sunday-School Hymnal and Service Book (Ed. A) #197

The Sunday-School Hymnal and Service Book (Ed. A) #197
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Voices of Praise #27

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