O Happy Day

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

Refrain, after each verseHappy day, happy day,When Jesus washed my sins away;He taught me how to watch and pray,And live rejoicing every day.

O happy bond, that seals my vowsTo him who merits all my love!Let cheerful anthems fill his house,While to that sacred shrine I move.

’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.

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.

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.