A Hymn for The Circumcision and The Name of Jesus

This Glad Eighth Morn

Meter 9, 8, 9, 8, 8, 8,

Tune: Wer weiss, wie nahe:  Christian Mock, 1813

Text: Jay W. Watson, 2014

The seventh day the good Lord did rest

All that He made was very good

Adam and Eve did fall at the test

Thus at the gate the Seraph stood

This glad eighth morn we sing His praise

God this eighth day His Son did raise

The seventh day the dear Babe did sleep  

Came the eighth His small Body bled

Mary with love held Him and did weep

To one day grasp His Body dead

This glad eighth morn we sing His praise

God this eighth day His Son did raise

The seventh day the pierced Lamb was done

And this eighth day His Gospel seeds

To eat vict’ry by His own blood won

Now all his sheep His Supper feeds

This glad eighth morn we sing His praise

God this eighth day His Son did raise