African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal ‎#241

241. O Happy Day That Fixed My Choice

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 'Tis done, the great transaction's done;
I am my Lord's and He is mine;
He drew me and I followed on,
Rejoiced to own the call 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 hears 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]

Text Information

• First Line: O happy day that fixed my choice
• Title: O Happy Day That Fixed My Choice
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Author (refrain): Anonymous
• Refrain First Line: Happy day, happy day
• Meter: LM with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  2 Chronicles 12:15
• Topic: The Christian Life: Call to Discipleship; Invitation; Joy

Tune Information

• Name: HAPPY DAY
• Meter: LM with Refrain
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Willilam McDonald's Wesleyan Sacred Harp, 1854