O Day of Rest And Gladness

Text by Christopher Wordsworth

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About this hymn

Date: 1862
Tune: Woodbird
Composer: German
Key: G
Meter: 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Anticipation, Calmness, Church on Earth (Church Militant), Day, Gratitude, Heaven.

Ex 20:10 · Gen 2:2-3 · Mk 2:23-28

Musical background

Woodbird is presented in the source key of G, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Christopher Wordsworth, 1862. Music: 'Woodbird' or 'Es Flog Ein Kleins Waldvögelein' traditional German found in "Memminger Tabulaturbuche", 17th Century. Setting: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1904. copyright: public domain.