O Day of Rest and Gladness { O Day of Rest and Gladness ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVOGLEIN-Ms. from Memmingen , 17th century CRUCIFIX-Haslam DAY OF REST-James W. Elliott ELLACOMBE-Gesangbuch der Herzogl Hofkapelle, Wurt temberg, 1784 KOMM, SEELE-Johann Wolfgang Franck MENDEBRAS-German melody (arr. Lowell Mason) AURELIA-Samuel Sebastian Wesley ROTTERDAM-Berthold Tours O Day of Rest and Gladness } O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light; O balm of care and sadness, Most beautiful, most bright; On thee the high and lowly, Thro' ages joined in tune, Sing "Holy, holy, holy," To the great God Triune. On thee, at the creation, The light first had its birth; On thee for our salvation, Christ rose from depths of earth; On thee our Lord victorious, The Spirit sent from heaven; And thus on thee, most glorious, A triple light was given. New graces ever gaining from this our day of rest, We reach the rest remaining To spirits of the blest; To Holy Ghost be praises, To Father, and to Son; The Church her voice upraises To Thee, blest Three in One.