1 O day of rest and gladness,
O day of joy and light,
O balm for care and sadness,
Most beautiful, most bright;
On you the high and lowly,
Through ages joined in tune,
Sing Holy, Holy, Holy,
To the great God Triune,
2 On you, at earth's creation,
The light first had its birth;
On you, for our salvation,
Christ rose from depths of earth;
On you our Lord, victorious,
The Spirit sent from heav'n;
And thus on you, most glorious,
A three-fold light was giv'n.
3 Today on weary nations
The heav'nly manna falls;
To holy convocations
The silver trumpet calls,
Where gospel light is glowing
With pure and radiant beams,
And living water flowing
With soul-refreshing streams.
5 New graces ever gaining
From this our day of rest,
We reach the rest remaining
To spirits of the blest.
We sing to you our praises,
O Father, Spirit, Son;
The church its voice upraises
To you, blest Three in One.
