Welcome, sweet day of rest
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
20 words changed
Verse 1
Welcome, sweet day of rest,That saw the Lord arise!
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.
Verse 1
Welcome, sweet day of rest,
The day thou hast been,
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes.
Verse 2
The King himself comes near,
And feasts his saints today;
Here we may sit, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.
Verse 2
The King himself comes near,
And feasts his saints today;
Here we may sit, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.
Verse 3
One day in such a place
Where thou, my God, art seen,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasurable sin.
Verse 3
One day within the place
Where Christ, my Lord, hath been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of folly and of sin.
Verse 4
My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,And sit and sing herself away
To everlasting bliss.
Verse 4
My willing soul would stay
In such a frame as this,
Till called to rise and soar away
To everlasting bliss.