O happy day! that bursts the tomb
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O happy day! that bursts the tomb,And sets the joyful prisoners free;That lifts the saints from death and gloomTo life and immortality.
Chorus.
Happy day! happy day!For thee we'll wait and watch and pray;We bid thy hours no more delay;O chase the shades of night away.Happy day! happy day!For thee we'll wait and watch and pray.
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O happy day! when earth so bright,In Eden robes shall bloom again;Her beauty no decay shall blight,Nor death e'er tread her wide domain.
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O happy day! when far around,Through all this universal frame,One glorious anthem shall resoundOf blessing to Jehovah's name.
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O happy day! that knows no night;No sorrow with thy joy shall blend;No clouds shall e'er obscure thy light;Thy scenes of glory ne'er shall end.