Genesis 2:2-3

• [Gen 2:2] Again Returns The Day Of Holy Rest

  Again returns the day of holy rest Which, when He made the world, Jehovah blessed; When, like His own, He bade our labors cease, And all be piety, and all be peace. Let us devote this consecrated day To learn His will, and all we learn obey; So shall He hear, when fervently we raise Our supplications and our songs of praise. Father in Heaven, in Whom our hopes confide, Whose power defends us, and Whose precepts guide, In life our Guardian, and in death our Friend, Glory supreme be Thine till time shall end.

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• [Gen 2:2] Hail! Sacred Day Of Earthly Rest

  Hail! sacred day of earthly rest, From toil and trouble free: Hail! day of light, that bringest light And joy to me. A holy stillness, breathing calm On all the world around, Uplifts my soul, O God, to Thee, Where rest is found. On all I think, or say, or do, A ray of light divine Is shed, O God, this day by Thee, For it is Thine. No sound of jarring strife is heard, As weekly labors cease; No voice, but those that sweetly sing Sweet songs of peace. For those who sing with saints below Glad songs of heavenly love, Shall sing—when songs on earth have ceased— With saints above. Accept, O God, my hymn of praise, That Thou, this day, hast given Sweet foretaste of that endless day Of rest in Heaven.

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• [Gen 2:2] Resting From His Work Today

  Resting from His work today In the tomb the Savior lay; Still He slept, from head to feet Shrouded in the winding sheet, Lying in the rock alone, Hidden by the sealèd stone. Late at even there was seen Watching long the Magdalene; Early, ere the break of day, Sorrowful she took her way To the holy garden glade, Where her buried Lord was laid. So with Thee, till life shall end, I would solemn vigil spend: Let me hew Thee, Lord, a shrine In this rocky heart of mine, Where in pure embalmèd cell, None but Thou may ever dwell. Myrrh and spices will I bring, True affection’s offering; Close the doors from sight and sound Of the busy world around; And in patient watch remain Till my Lord appear again.

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• [Gen 2:2] Welcome, Day Of Sweet Repose

  Welcome, day of sweet repose! Blessèd be thy sacred hours! We would trust the One Who knows All our weak and failing powers. Welcome, day in Eden born! Holy rest for sinless man! Like the dawning of fair morn Come thy hours to us again. Welcome, day blessed by our Lord! Toil shall cease and anxious care, Day commanded by His Word, Day for song and praise and prayer. Welcome, day our Savior kept! Keeping, wrought our righteousness, Day God bids us ne’er forget, Day of days His Name to bless.

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• [Gen 2:2] Welcome, Sweet Day Of Rest

  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 today; Here we may sit, and see Him here, And love, and praise, and pray. One day in such a place, Where my dear God hath been, Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin. My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss.

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  source: Cyberhymnal