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

By “Hayward,” in John Do­bell’s New Se­lect­ion, 1806.

Das Lie­ben Bringt Groß Freud, Fried­rich Sil­cher, 1827, from a Swa­bi­an folk tune; ar­ranged by Low­ell Ma­son in his Car­mi­na Sac­ra, se­cond ed­i­tion, 1841 (MIDI, NWC, PDF). Some hym­nals name the tune Lisch­er (a mis­spell­ing of Sil­cher?), or er­ron­e­ous­ly give Sil­cher’s name as Schnei­der.

Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860)

Welcome, delightful morn,
Thou day of sacred rest!
I hail thy kind return;
Lord, make these moments blest;
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.