Welcome, Day of Sweet Repose
Text written by I. H. Evans (1862-1945)
Sung to EVANS, composed in 1939 by I. A. Steinel (1884-1945)
V. 1 Welcome, day of sweet repose!
Blessed be thy sacred hours!
We would trust the One who knows
All our weak and failing powers.
Genesis 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
V. 2 Welcome, day in Eden born!
Holy rest for sinless man!
Like the dawning of fair morn
Come thy hours to use again.
Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
V. 3 Welcome, day blessed by our Lord!
Toil shall cease and anxious care.
Day commanded by His word,
Day for song and praise and prayer.
Luke 4:16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read.
V. 4 Welcome, day our Saviour kept!
Keeping, wrought our righteousness,
Day God bids us ne'er forget,
Day of days His name to bless.
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