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Free same-meter accompaniment for O Day of Rest and Gladness (Christopher Wordsworth): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) in four-part harmony, 5 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.

Sung here to ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle), a 7.6.7.6 D tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.

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  1. 1O day of rest and gladness!
  2. O day of joy and light!
  3. O balm for care and sadness,
  4. Most beautiful and bright!
  5. On thee the high and lowly,
  6. Through ages joined in tune,
  7. Sing, holy, holy, holy,
  8. To God, the great Triune.
  9. 2On thee, at the creation,
  10. The light first had its birth;
  11. On thee, for our salvation,
  12. Christ rose from depths of earth;
  13. On thee our Lord victorious,
  14. The Spirit sent from heav'n;
  15. And thus on thee, most glorious,
  16. A three-fold light was giv'n.
  17. 3To-day on weary nations
  18. The heavenly manna falls;
  19. To holy convocations
  20. The silver trumpet calls,
  21. Where Gospel light is glowing
  22. With pure and radiant beams,
  23. And living water flowing
  24. With soul-refreshing streams.
  25. 4New graces ever gaining
  26. From this our day of rest,
  27. We reach the rest remaining
  28. To spirits of the blest;
  29. To Holy Ghost be praises,
  30. To Father and to Son,
  31. The Church her voice upraises
  32. To Thee, blest Three in One.
  33. 5Amen.

About this music

ELLACOMBE — Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle. Setting: Presbyterian Hymnal, 1911.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Presbyterian Hymnal, Revised, 1911 Hymn 364.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the O Day of Rest and Gladness page.

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