Day of God, Thou Blessèd Day

Day of God

thou bless­èd day

At thy dawn the grave gave way

To the pow­er of Him with­in

Who had

sin­less

bled for sin.

Thine the ra­di­ance to il­lume

First

for man

the dis­mal tomb

When its bars their weak­ness owned

There re­veal­ing death de­throned.

Then the Sun of right­eous­ness

Rose

a dark­ened world to bless

Bringing up from mor­tal night

Immortality and light.

Day of glo­ry

day of pow­er

Sacred be thine ev­ery hour:

Emblem

ear­nest

of the rest

That re­main­eth for the blest.