Welcome, sweet day of rest

1Welcome, sweet day of rest,
The day thou hast been,
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

2The King himself comes near,
And feasts his saints today;
Here we may sit, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

3One day within the place
Where Christ, my Lord, hath been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of folly and of sin.

4My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
Till called to rise and soar away
To everlasting bliss.