“O, happy day that fixed my choice on thee, my Savior and my God!
Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away!
He taught me how to watch and pray, and live rejoicing every day.
Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away!
Well may this glowing heart rejoice, and tell its raptures all abroad.
Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away!
He taught me how to watch and pray, and live rejoicing every day.
Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away!”
–L. Mason, “Happy Day.” Melodies of Heaven: A Collection of Hymns and Tunes for Social Worship, for the Use of Universalist and Other Liberal Christian Churches. Edited by T. E. St. John. Cincinnati: Williamson and Cantwell Publishing, 1874: 11.
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