{"id":604,"date":"2011-02-20T15:58:04","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T20:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?p=604"},"modified":"2011-02-20T15:58:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T20:58:04","slug":"o-happy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/2011\/02\/20\/o-happy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"O Happy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honestly, of the hymns I have read so far from “The Hymns of Philip Doddridge<\/a>“, this is the only text that is familiar to me.\u00a0 That’s not to say there aren’t good, solid texts, it just may hint to the popularity of the tunes to which they were sung.\u00a0 Bob Kauflin<\/a> recently posted on twitter “Great music can make bad lyrics seem profound. Bad music can make great lyrics hard to hear.<\/strong> Music matters.<\/em>”\u00a0 Maybe Doddridge just needed a new tune-smith.<\/p>\n

This text takes a good look at our salvation, from our “free will” and need to make a choice in verse 1 to the actual source of that free will in verse 3, where the transaction is recognized as originating with God, as He drew us, we followed, and now confess.\u00a0 He is, after all, the source and perfecter of our faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n

O happy day, that fix’d my choice
\nOn Thee, my Saviour, and my God!
\nWell may this glowing heart rejoice,
\nAnd tell its raptures all abroad.<\/p>\n

O happy bond, that seals my vows
\nTo Him, who merits all my love!
\nLet cheerful anthems fill His house,
\nWhile to that sacred shrine I move.<\/p>\n

‘Tis done; the great transactions done:
\nI am my Lord’s, and He is mine:
\nHe drew me, and I follow’d on,
\nCharm’d to confess the voice divine.<\/p>\n

Now rest my long-divided heart,
\nFix’d on this blissful Center rest;
\nWith ashes who would grudge to part,
\nWhen call’d on angels bread to feast?<\/p>\n

High heav’n, that heard the solemn vow,
\nThat vow renew’d shall daily hear;
\nTill in life’s latest hour I bow,
\nAnd bless in death a bond so dear.<\/p>\n

Listen to the Victory Quartet’s rendition of this song, southern gospel style.<\/p>\n

Oh Happy Day<\/a><\/p>\n

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Honestly, of the hymns I have read so far from “The Hymns of Philip Doddridge“, this is the only text that is familiar to me.\u00a0 That’s not to say there aren’t good, solid texts, it just may hint to the popularity of the tunes to which they were sung.\u00a0 Bob Kauflin recently posted on twitter… <\/p>\n

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