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.
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 heaven;
And thus on you, most glorious,
A three fold light was given.
Today on weary nations
The heavenly 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.
New graces ever gaining
From this our day of rest,
We reach the rest remaining
To spirits of the blest.
To Holy Ghost be praises,
To Father, and to Son;
The Church its voice upraises
To you, blest Three in One.
Hymn # 203 from Lutheran Worship
Author: Gesangbuch der Herzogl
Tune: Ellacombe
1st Published in: 1862