Christian Worship The Lord’s Day.
How welcome to the soul, when pressed
With six days’ noise, and care, and toil,
Is the returning day of rest,
Which hides us from the world awhile!
How happy they, whose lot is cast
Where Christ invites the weary yet;
They find their sorrows quickly past,
And all their burdens soon forget.
Though pinched with poverty at home,
With sharp afflictions daily fed,
It makes amends, if they can come
To God’s own house for heavenly bread.
We thank thee for thy day, O Lord!
And here thy promised presence seek;
Open thy hand with blessings stored,
And give us manna for the week.