The Celebration Hymnal

498

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 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,  
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 every good possessed. [Refrain]

WORDS: Philip Doddridge
Theme: Baptism; New Life in Christ: Songs of Witness and Praise