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Author: U. Smith Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O happy day! that bursts the tomb Lyrics: 1 O happy day! that bursts the tomb, And sets the joyful prisoners free; That lifts the saints from death and gloom To life and immortality. Chorus: Happy day! happy day! For thee we'll wait and watch and pray; We bid thy hours no more delay; O chase the shades of night away. Happy day! happy day! For thee we'll wait and watch and pray. 2 O happy day! when earth so bright, In Eden robes shall bloom again; Her beauty no decay shall blight, Nor death e'er tread her wide domain. [Chorus] 3 O happy day! when far around, Through all this universal frame, One glorious anthem shall resound Of blessing to Jehovah's name. [Chorus] 4 O happy day! that knows no night; No sorrow with thy joy shall blend; No clouds shall e'er obscure thy light; Thy scenes of glory ne'er shall end. [Chorus] Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Used With Tune: HARMONY CHANT

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HARMONY CHANT

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William B. Bradbury Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 33333 43211 11112 Used With Text: Happy day! happy day!

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O Happy day! that bursts the tomb

Hymnal: Hymns and Tunes #306 (1876) Languages: English

Happy day! happy day!

Author: U. Smith Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #793 (1886) First Line: O happy day! that bursts the tomb Lyrics: 1 O happy day! that bursts the tomb, And sets the joyful prisoners free; That lifts the saints from death and gloom To life and immortality. Chorus: Happy day! happy day! For thee we'll wait and watch and pray; We bid thy hours no more delay; O chase the shades of night away. Happy day! happy day! For thee we'll wait and watch and pray. 2 O happy day! when earth so bright, In Eden robes shall bloom again; Her beauty no decay shall blight, Nor death e'er tread her wide domain. [Chorus] 3 O happy day! when far around, Through all this universal frame, One glorious anthem shall resound Of blessing to Jehovah's name. [Chorus] 4 O happy day! that knows no night; No sorrow with thy joy shall blend; No clouds shall e'er obscure thy light; Thy scenes of glory ne'er shall end. [Chorus] Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Tune Title: HARMONY CHANT

O happy day, that bursts the tomb, And sets the joyful pris'ners free

Author: Uriah Smith Hymnal: The Advent Christian Hymnal #d598 (1894)

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William B. Bradbury

1816 - 1868 Composer of "HARMONY CHANT" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life. John Perry