Welcome, sweet day of rest
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Welcome, sweet day of rest,The day believers prize,Welcome to this reviving breast,And these rejoicing eyes.
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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.
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One day within the placeWhere Christ, my Lord, has been,Is sweeter than ten thousand daysOf folly and of sin.
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My willing soul would stayIn such a frame as thisTill called to rise and soar awayTo everlasting bliss.