The Holy Day

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Oft as returns the holy day The day of sacred rest

Author: Palmer Hartsough
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Oft as returns the holy day,
The day of sacred rest,
Before Thy throne Thy people throng,
With hearts divinely blest.
The Lord is good, His mercy shines
Thru-out all nature fair,
His churches shall with joy resound,
While we His works declare.

Refrain:
How beautiful His courts,
How excellent His truths,
How merciful and just His ways!
All ye, His saints, to Zion haste,
And swell the notes of praise,
And swell the notes of praise.

2 Here, bless the Lord; here, praise His name;
And here His triumphs sing;
Here, ye His saints, your homage pay,
And glorify your King.
Lord, in Thy praise shall more and more
Be fixed our highest love,
Till with the blest our songs shall fill
Thy temple bright above. [Refrain]

Source: Hymns for Today: for Sunday Schools, Young People's Societies, The Church, The Home, Community Welfare Associations, and Patriotic Meetings #15

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Author: Palmer Hartsough

Rv Palmer Hartsough USA 1844-1932. Born in Redford, MI, he attended Kalamazoo College and Michigan State Normal school (later MSU). He became an author, editor, lyricist, and librettist. After working as a traveling singing teacher in MI, IL, IA, OH, KY and TN, he opened a music studio in Rock Island, IL, around 1877, also directing music at a Baptist church there. In 1893, due to his poetic abilities, he moved to Cincinnati, OH, and joined the Fillmore Music Company, providing texts (over 1000) for their music. He also served as music director at the Bethel Mission and the 9th Street Baptist Church. He became a traveling song evangelist in 1903, and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1906, serving in Ontario, Canada, and MI from 191… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Oft as returns the holy day The day of sacred rest
Title:	The Holy Day
Author:	Palmer Hartsough
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	How beautiful His courts
Publication Date:	1898
Copyright:	Public Domain