This is the day the Lord hath made, A day most holy to his name

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This is the day the Lord hath made, A day most holy to his name

Author: Charles Derry
Tune: SCHUMANN (Schumann 13333)
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 This is the day the Lord hat made,
A day most holy to his name,
Wherein our vows should all be paid,
And not a thought our hearts invade
That could create one blush of shame.

2 A day when we should strive to meet,
In meekness and humility,
Our Father at his mercy seat,
Confess our sins and him entreat
To pardon our iniquity.

3 A day when all his children dear
In love should meet around his throne
A gracious Father's voice to hear,
Each heart o'erflowed with filial fear,
Making the Father's will his own.

Source: The Hymnal #96

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Author: Charles Derry

Born: July 25, 1826, Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England. Died: July 16, 1921, Woodbine, Iowa. Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Woodbine, Iowa. Derry emigrated to America with his family in 1854, where he united with the Reorganized Church on March 3, 1861. That same day he was ordained an elder; August 3, 1861, a seventy; April 8, 1965, an apostle, serving in that office five years; president of the High Priests’ Quorum (1874-1901); a High Councilor (1890-1903); an evangelical minister, June 8, 1902, which office he held until his death. On December 6, 1862, he was sent to England as a missionary and was abroad two years. --www.hymntime.com/tch Go to person page >

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