TEXTS TUNES AUTHORS HYMNALS


Text information
Title:O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice
Author:Philip Doddridge (1755)
Meter:8.8.8.8 with refrain
Scripture:2 Chronicles 15:15
Topic:Forgiveness; Joy; Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace | Rebirth and the New Creation; Christian Experience; Testimony and Witness
Source:Refrain from Weslayan Sacred Harp, 1854
Language:English
First Line:O happy day, that fixed my choice
Refrain First Line:Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away
Tune information
Title:HAPPY DAY
Refrain attributed to:Edward F. Rimbault (1854)
Composer:Anonymous
Meter:8.8.8.8 with refrain
Key:F Major
Media
MIDI file: UMH391.MID
Full text
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 heavenly pleasures fill my breast.
	(Refrain) 

5.	High heaven, 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)