48a. Sweet is the day of sacred rest

1 Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast.
O may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound.

2 Then shall I share a glorious part,
When grace hath well refined my heart,
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.

3 Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desired and wished below;
And ev’ry pow’r find sweet employ,
In that eternal world of joy.

Text Information
First Line: Sweet is the day of sacred rest
Author: Isaac Watts (1719)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1991
Tune Information
Name: DEVOTION
Composer: Alexander Johnson (1818)
Meter: L.M.
Key: C Major



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