Welcome, sweet day of rest,

That saw the Lord arise;

Welcome to this reviving breast,

And these rejoicing eyes.

The King himself comes near,

And feasts his saints to-day;

Here may we sit, and see him here,

And love, and praise, and pray.

One day amidst the place

Where thou, my God, art seen,

Is sweeter than ten thousand days

Spent in the joys of sin.