Worship — The Sabbath

Welcome, welcome, day of rest

No. 240
Metre 7s.
Tune PLEYEL.
Words Anon.
Music Ignace Pleyel.
Key G major
Time 2/2
4 stanzas

Words

Welcome, welcome, day of rest,To the world in kindness given;Welcome to this humble breast,As the beaming light from heaven.

Day of calm and sweet repose,Gently now thy moments run;Balm to soothe our cares and woes,Till our labor here is done.

Holy day that most we prize,Day of solemn praise and prayer,Day to make the simple wise,O, how great thy blessings are!

Welcome, welcome, day of rest,With thy influence all divine;May thy hallowed hours be blessedTo this waiting heart of mine.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WORSHIP—THE SABBATH.»; hymn number «240» (large), tune name «PLEYEL. 7s.» centred over the music (capitals and small capitals), «IGNACE PLEYEL.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Wel-»; under the staves «Wel-come» and «kind-ness» have a tight hyphen, «wel - come», «hum - ble» and «beam - ing» a spaced one. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «15, 531, 457.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 15, 531 or 457). «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («given ;», «run ;», «are !», «divine ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print.