And Now This Holy Day

 

VERSE 1

And now this holy day

Is drawing to its end,

Once more, to Thee, O Lord,

Our thanks and prayers we send.

 

VERSE 2

We thank Thee for this rest

From earthly care and strife;

We thank Thee for this help

To higher, holier life.

 

VERSE 3

We thank Thee for Thy house;

It is Thy palace-gate

Where Thou, upon Thy throne

Of mercy, still dost wait.

 

VERSE 4

We thank Thee for Thy Word,

Thy Gospel’s joyful sound;

Oh, may its holy fruits

Within our hearts abound!

 

VERSE 5

Yet, ere we go to rest,

Father, to Thee we pray,

Forgive the sins that stain

E’en this Thy holy day.

 

VERSE 6

Through Jesus let the past

Be blotted from Thy sight,

And let us all now sleep

At peace with Thee this night.

 

VERSE 7

To God the Father, Son,

And Spirit glory be,

From all in earth and Heav’n,

Through all eternity.

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