Now the busy week is done

Verse 1

Now the busy week is done, Now the rest-time is begun; Thou hast brought us on our way, Kept and led us day by day; Now there comes the first and best, Day of worship, light and rest.

Verse 2

Hallow, Lord, the coming day! When we meet to praise and pray, Hear Thy Word, Thy feast attend, Hours of happy service spend; To our hearts be manifest, Lord of labor and of rest.

Verse 3

For Thy children gone before We can trust Thee and adore; All their earthly week is past, Sabbath-time is theirs at last; Fold them, Father, to Thy breast, Give them everlasting rest.

Verse 4

Guide us all the days to come, Till Thy mercy call us home: All our powers do Thou employ, Be Thy work our chiefest joy; Then, the promised land possessed, Bid us enter into rest.