Timeless Truths ‎#1106

1106. O Happy Day

1 O happy day, that fixed my choice
On Thee, my Savior and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell its raptures all abroad.

Refrain:
Happy day, happy day,
When Jesus washed my sins away!
He taught me how to watch and pray,
And live rejoicing every day:
Happy day, happy day,
When Jesus washed my sins away!

2 O happy bond, that seals my vows
To Him Who merits all my love!
Let cheerful anthems fill His house,
While to that sacred shrine I move. [Refrain]

3 It's done: the great transaction's done!
I am the Lord's and He is mine;
He drew me and I followed on;
Charmed to confess the voice divine. [Refrain]

4 Now rest, my long-divided heart,
Fixed on this blissful center, rest;
Here have I found a nobler part;
Here heav'nly pleasures fill my breast. [Refrain]

5 High heav'n, that heard the solemn vow,
That vow renewed shall daily hear,
Till in life's latest hour I bow
And bless in death a bond so dear. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O happy day, that fixed my choice
• Title: O Happy Day
• Author: Philip Doddridge (1755)
• Author (Refrain): Unknown
• Refrain First Line: Happy day, happy day
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.8.8.8.6.8
• Scripture:
  2 Chronicles 15:12-14
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/O_Happy_Day); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/h/ohappday.htm); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (157)

Tune Information

• Name: HAPPY DAY
• Composer: Unknown
• Composer (refrain, attr.): Edward F. Rimbault (1854)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.6.8.8.8.6.8
• Key: F Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/O_Happy_Day); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/o/h/ohappday.htm); Anonymous/Unknown, The Blue Book (157)