O day of rest and gladness,

1.O 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,Through ages joined in tune,Sing holy, holy, holy,To the great three in one. 2.On Thee, at the creation,The light first had its birth;On Thee, for our salvation,Christ rose from depths of earth;On … Read more

O could I speak the matchless worth,

1 O could I speak the matchless worth,O could I sound the glories forthWhich in my Savior shine,I’d soar, and touch the heav’nly strings,and vie with Gabriel while he singsin notes almost divine,in notes almost divine. 2 I’d sing the precious blood he spilt,my ransom from the dreadful guiltof sin, and wrath divine:I’d sing his … Read more