Welcome, sweet day of rest

1Welcome, sweet day of rest, That saw the Lord arise! Welcome to this reviving breast, And these rejoicing eyes!

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

3One day in such a place, Where thou, my God, art seen, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin.

4My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss.