The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

O, happy day! that fixed my choice

No. 435
Metre L. M. P.
Tune HAPPY DAY.
Words Philip Doddridge.
Music E. F. Rimbault.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 3/2
5 stanzas

Words

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.

Chorus.

Happy day, happy day,When Jesus washed my sins away!He taught me how to watch and pray,And live rejoicing every day;

'T is 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;Nor ever from thy Lord depart,With him of every good possessed.

High Heaven, that heard the solemn vow,That vow renewed shall daily hear,Till in time's latest hour I bow,And bless at last a bond so dear.

And when the bright celestial train,From highest heaven to earth shall come;Then with my Lord I'll rise, and reignForever in that happy home.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—REPENTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE.»; hymn number «435» (large), tune name «HAPPY DAY. L. M. P.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals, the «P.» in a smaller size), «E. F. RIMBAULT.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear between the staves of system 1 as two lines enclosed in braces, «1.» before the left brace: the first line (verse lines 1–2) is sung the first time, the second line (verse lines 3–4) on the repeat of system 1. The chorus is printed between the staves of system 2 in a different, condensed bold typeface, under the word «Chorus.» and the segno: «Happy day, happy day, When Jesus washed my sins away!» runs to «Fine.»; then two lines in braces, «He taught me how to watch and pray, / And live rejoicing every day;», sung to the same repeated section, after which «D. S.» sends the singers back to the segno to sing «Happy day, happy day, When Jesus washed my sins away!» again and end at «Fine.». Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2»–«5», under the italic reference line «212, 223, 47.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 212, 223 or 47), followed by «Philip Doddridge.» in italics; the chorus is printed once and is sung after every stanza. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» («day !», «a - way !», «God ;», «done ;», «mine ;», «rest ;», «come ;», «day ;»); it is closed up here. «'T is» (apostrophe, T, space, «is») and «transaction 's» (a space before the apostrophe) as printed, apostrophes written straight. Stanza lines are flush (no indentation). Spelling («Saviour», «center»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.