Worship — The Sabbath
Welcome, sweet day of rest
- No. 238
- Words Isaac Watts.
- Singing key D♭ major
- 4 stanzas
Sung to DAY (hymn 191)
Words
⤢ Full screenWelcome, sweet day of rest,The day believers prize,Welcome to this reviving breast,And these rejoicing eyes.
The King himself comes near,And feasts his saints to-day;Here we may sit, and taste his cheer,And love, and praise, and pray.
One day within the placeWhere Christ, my Lord, has been,Is sweeter than ten thousand daysOf folly and of sin.
My willing soul would stayIn such a frame as thisTill called to rise and soar awayTo everlasting bliss.
About this hymn
As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «238» (large) with the reference line «191, 266, 85.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 191, 266 or 85); the hymn opens the right column of p. 79, with «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «WELCOME» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;» («to-day ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling («to-day»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6).
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Worship — The Sabbath · No. 238 · printed page 79
- Music
- The hymnal prints no music for this hymn; its words are set here to the music of this tune.
- Checked
- lyrics verified · 2026-10-01
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