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Hymns and Tunes 1886 213

Delightful day, best gift of heaven

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1Delightful day, best gift of heaven,
By man in Eden first possessed;
Jehovah's rest-day, kindly given
That all his creatures might be blessed.

2Memorial of creation's King,
We welcome now thy glad return;
And while his praise we join to sing,
Our hearts with love and rapture burn.

3We bless his name, almighty Lord,
We love the keepsake thou hast given;
Our voice joins with one accord
In honor of the King of heaven.

4All praise to Jesus, by whose blood
We are redeemed from sin and death;
Give glory to the Son of God,—
Praise him all creatures that have breath.

Scripture
Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 20:8-11

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The verse

Meter
9.8.9.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 60% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Delightful day, best gift of heaven,˘/˘///˘/˘9A
By man in Eden first possessed;˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
Jehovah's rest-day, kindly given˘/˘??/˘/˘9C
That all his creatures might be blessed.˘/˘/˘˘˘/8B

Verse 2

Memorial of creation's King,˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/9A
We welcome now thy glad return;˘/˘///˘/8B
And while his praise we join to sing,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Our hearts with love and rapture burn./˘/˘/˘/˘/9B

Verse 3

We bless his name, almighty Lord,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
We love the keepsake thou hast given;˘/˘/////˘9B
Our voice joins with one accord/˘//˘/˘/8A
In honor of the King of heaven.˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘9C

Verse 4

All praise to Jesus, by whose blood//˘/˘˘˘/8A
We are redeemed from sin and death;˘˘˘/˘/˘/8B
Give glory to the Son of God,—//˘˘˘/˘/8C
Praise him all creatures that have breath./˘//˘˘˘/8B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.