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Worship — The Sabbath

Welcome, sweet day of rest

  • No. 238
  • Words Isaac Watts.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Welcome, sweet day of rest,
The day believers prize,
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.

2

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.

3

One day within the place
Where Christ, my Lord, has been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of folly and of sin.

4

My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this
Till called to rise and soar away
To 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
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01