Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#181

181. O Happy Day

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 ev'ry 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,
Charmed to confess the voice divine. (Refrain)

4 Now rest, my long-divided heart;
Fixed on this blissful center, rest;
Nor ever from my Lord depart,
With Him of ev'ry good possessed. (Refrain)

Text Information

• First Line: O happy day that fixed my choice
• Title: O Happy Day
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Refrain First Line: Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: New Birth; The Gospel: Need of Salvation
• Notes: Alternate tune without Refrain: HAMBURG, No. 177

Tune Information

• Name: [O happy day that fixed my choice]
• Composer: Edward F. Rimbault, 1816-1876
• Key: G Major