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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.

    Chorus
    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.



    Philip Doddridge 1755, Edward Rimbault 1854