1106: O Happy Day


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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Text information
First Line:O happy day, that fixed my choice
Title:O Happy Day
Author:Philip Doddridge (1755)
Meter:8.8.8.8.6.8.8.8.6.8
Scripture:2 Chronicles 15:12-14
Topic:Joy
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)
Refrain First Line:Happy day, happy day
Tune information
Tune name:HAPPY DAY
Composer:Anonymous/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)

Media
Adobe Acrobat image: O_Happy_Day.pdf(http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/O_Happy_Day)
MIDI file: O_Happy_Day.mid(http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/O_Happy_Day)
Sibelius Scorch score: O_Happy_Day.sib(http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/O_Happy_Day)