This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
Words & Music: Harold Marlow, 1899 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Marlow (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
O day so wondrous,
We take thee to us,
And wear thy glory
In all our hearts;
Thou givest gladness,
Thou soothest sadness,
Thro’ thy bright sunshine,
All care departs.
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Sing, sing, sing of His glory;
Sing, sing, sing while we may;
God gives, God gives the sunshine,
He gives, He gives the day!
Behold about us,
Beneath, above us,
All nature trembles
Throbbing with life;
We sing confessing
God’s fullest blessing,
O day so holy,
Calming all strife.
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Then join our voices
In happy chorus,
His angels watch us
And with us sing;
They are about us,
Tho’ far above us,
And like the sunshine,
God’s blessing bring.
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