SDA Hymnal 382
O Day of Rest and Gladness
Words: Christopher WordsworthMusic: German melodyTune: MENDEBRAS7.6.7.6.D.
1O day of rest and gladness,
O day of joy and light,
O balm of care and sadness,
Most beautiful, most bright;
On thee, the high and lowly,
Who bend before the throne,
Sing, holy, holy, holy,
To the Eternal One.
2Thou art a port protected
From storms that round us rise,
A garden intersected
With streams of paradise;
Thou art a cooling fountain
In life's dry, dreary sand;
From thee, like Pisgah's mountain,
We view our promised land.
3A day of sweet reflection,
Thou art, a day of love;
A day to raise affection
From earth to things above;
New graces ever gaining
From this our day of rest,
We seek the rest remaining
In mansions of the blest.
- Music
- German melody
- Tune
- MENDEBRAS
- Also sung to
- Ewing. 7s & 6s. D. (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #246)
- Meter
- 7.6.7.6.D.
- Scripture
- Psalm 118:24; Isaiah 58:13
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The verse
- Meter
- 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6 · as printed
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 84% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCBDEDF
Could also be sung to Chenies, Mach's Mit Mir, Munich · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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