WELCOME, DELIGHTFUL MORN
"Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a
Sabbath to the Lord your God." Exodus 20:10
Words: "Hayward," John Dobell's A New Selection, 1806.
Music: "Das Lieben Bringt Groß Freud" (Loving Brings Great Joy),
Friedrich Silcher, 1827, from a Swabian folk tune; arranged by Lowell
Mason in his Carmina Sacra, second edition, 1841.
Welcome, delightful morn, thou day of sacred rest!
I hail thy kind return; Lord, make these moments blessed;
From the low train of mortal toys, I soar to reach immortal joys,
I soar to reach immortal joys.
Now may the King descend, and fill His throne with grace;
Thy scepter, Lord, extend, while saints address Thy face:
Let sinners feel Thy quickening Word, and learn to know and fear the
Lord,
And learn to know and fear the Lord.
Descend, celestial Dove, with all Thy quickening powers;
Disclose a Savior's love, and bless the sacred hours:
Then shall my soul new life obtain, nor Sabbaths be enjoyed in vain,
Nor Sabbaths be enjoyed in vain.