{"slug": "o-day-of-rest-and-gladness", "title": "O Day of Rest and Gladness", "first_line": "O day of rest and gladness", "author": "christopher-wordsworth", "author_date": "1862", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Sabbath", "Rest", "Worship", "Trinity", "Praise"], "scripture": ["Exodus 20:10", "Genesis 2:2-3", "Mark 2:23-28"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:270; words Christopher Wordsworth 1862 (author d. 1885). Public domain.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O day of rest and glad -- ness, o day of joy and light, O balm of care and sad -- ness, most beau -- ti -- ful, most bright: On thee, the high and low -- ly, through ag -- es joined in tune, Sing ho -- ly, ho -- ly, h -- oly, to the great God Tri -- une.", "prose": ["O day of rest and gladness,", "o day of joy and light,", "O balm of care and sadness,", "most beautiful, most bright:", "On thee, the high and lowly,", "through ages joined in tune,", "Sing holy, holy, holy,", "to the great God Triune."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "On thee, at the cre -- a -- tion, the light first had its birth; On thee, for our sal -- va -- tion, Christ rose from depths of earth; On thee, our Lord, vic -- tor -- ious, the Spir -- it sent from heaven, And thus on thee, most glor -- ious, a tri -- ple light was given.", "prose": ["On thee, at the creation,", "the light first had its birth;", "On thee, for our salvation,", "Christ rose from depths of earth;", "On thee, our Lord, victorious,", "the Spirit sent from heaven,", "And thus on thee, most glorious,", "a triple light was given."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Thou art a port, pro -- tec -- ted from storms that round us rise; A gar -- den, int -- er -- sec -- ted with streams of par -- a -- dise; Thou art a cool -- ing foun -- tain in life's dry, drea -- ry sand; From thee, like Pis -- gah's moun -- tain, we view our prom -- ised land.", "prose": ["Thou art a port, protected", "from storms that round us rise;", "A garden, intersected", "with streams of paradise;", "Thou art a cooling fountain", "in life's dry, dreary sand;", "From thee, like Pisgah's mountain,", "we view our promised land."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Thou art a ho -- ly lad -- der, where an -- gels go and come; Each Sun -- day finds us glad -- der, near -- er to heaven, our home; A day of sweet re -- fec -- tion, thou art a day of love, A day of res -- ur -- rec -- tion from earth to things a -- bove.", "prose": ["Thou art a holy ladder,", "where angels go and come;", "Each Sunday finds us gladder,", "nearer to heaven, our home;", "A day of sweet refection,", "thou art a day of love,", "A day of resurrection", "from earth to things above."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "To -- day on wear -- y na -- tions the heaven -- ly man -- na falls; To ho -- ly con -- vo -- ca -- tions the sil -- ver trum -- pet calls, Where Gos -- pel light is glow -- ing with pure and ra -- diant beams, And liv -- ing wa -- ter flow -- ing, with soul re -- fresh -- ing streams.", "prose": ["Today on weary nations", "the heavenly manna falls;", "To holy convocations", "the silver trumpet calls,", "Where Gospel light is glowing", "with pure and radiant beams,", "And living water flowing,", "with soul refreshing streams."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}