Delightful day, best gift of heaven

Delightful day, best gift of heaven,By man in Eden first possessed;Jehovah's rest-day, kindly givenThat all his creatures might be blessed.

Memorial of creation's King,We welcome now thy glad return;And while his praise we join to sing,Our hearts with love and rapture burn.

We bless thy name, almighty Lord,We love the keepsake thou hast given;Our voices raise with one accordIn honor of the King of heaven.

All praise to Jesus, by whose bloodWe are redeemed from sin and death;Give glory to the Son of God,—Praise him all creatures that have breath.

By sin we are exposed to wrath;He died for us, that he might drawOur wandering feet to virtue's path,Where we may keep God's holy law.

That law shall still be our delight,—The holy Sabbath is a part,—And when we gain that world so bright,All flesh shall keep it with one heart.