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THE DAY OF REST

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 13, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 15.

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THE DAY OF REST.

By Frances E. Bolton

BY FRANCES E. BOLTON.
As courtiers gather from the field, Where they have stood with lance and shield, Or as the pages from the stairs, Or toilers from a host of cares, And go to court reception, so From six days' weary toil we go Into the day that God hath blest, As to a court of sacred rest.
As courtiers don some royal dress Of fair, resplendent loveliness, As pages find some dainty beauty, For more refined, exalted duty, As toilers doff their toil-stained one, And wear one worthier of the throne, So we, with happier look and pace, Find for the Sabbath robe of grace.
O Sabbath day, thou art a court Where we from week to week resort, And learn the manners that we seek To shape our conduct through the week. We hear the dictates from the throne The King would speak unto His own, And all the six days find more blest, Because of thee, sweet day of rest.