O HAPPY day, that fixed my choice On Thee, my Saviour and my God! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad.
O, happy bond, that seals my vows To Him Who merits all my love! Let cheerful anthems fill His house, Resounding to His courts above.
’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 centre, rest; Nor ever from the Lord depart, With Him of every good possessed.
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.
Philip Doddridge, 1702-51