Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: How welcome to the saints when prest
Topic: For the Lord's Day
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 268
Page Number: 227, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW welcome to the saints, when
prest
With six days noise and care, and toil,
Is the returning day of rest
Which frees them from the world awhile.
If pinch'd with poverty, at home,
Or, if with sharp affliction fed,
It makes amends, if they can come
To God's own house for heav'nly bread.
With joy they hasten to the place,
Where they their Saviour oft have met;
And while they feast upon his grace,
Their burdens and their griefs forget.
This favor'd lot, my friends, is ours,
May we the privilege improve;
And find these consecrated hours,
Sweet earnests of the joys above.
We thank thee for thy day, O Lord,
Here we thy promis's presence seek;
Open thy hands, with blessings stor'd,
And give us manna for the week.