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Text:O happy day, that stays my choice
Author:Doddridge
Tune:BLENDON

324. O happy day, that stays my choice

1 O happy day, that fixed my choice
On Thee, my Saviour and my God!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
And tell its raptures all abroad.

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.

3 'Tis done, the great transaction's done;
I am my Lord's, and He is mine:
He drew me, and I followed on,
Glad to obey the voice divine.

4 Now rest, my long-divided heart,
Fixed on this blissful centre, rest;
With ashes who would grudge to part,
When called on angels' bread to feast!

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.

Text Information
First Line: O happy day, that stays my choice
Author: Doddridge (1755, a.)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Means of Grace: Confirmation
Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #4 or #416
Tune Information
Name: BLENDON
Meter: L. M.
Key: D Major
Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Gieardini, d. 1796



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