This is the day the Lord hath made, A day most holy to his name

This is the day the Lord hath made, A day most holy to his name

Author: Charles Derry
Tune: SCHUMANN (Schumann 13333)
Published in 4 hymnals

Representative Text

1 This is the day the Lord hat made,
A day most holy to his name,
Wherein our vows should all be paid,
And not a thought our hearts invade
That could create one blush of shame.

2 A day when we should strive to meet,
In meekness and humility,
Our Father at his mercy seat,
Confess our sins and him entreat
To pardon our iniquity.

3 A day when all his children dear
In love should meet around his throne
A gracious Father's voice to hear,
Each heart o'erflowed with filial fear,
Making the Father's will his own.



Source: The Hymnal #96

Author: Charles Derry

Born: Ju­ly 25, 1826, Blox­wich, Staf­ford­shire, England. Died: Ju­ly 16, 1921, Wood­bine, Io­wa. Buried: Woodbine Cemetery, Wood­bine, Io­wa. Derry em­i­grat­ed to Amer­i­ca with his fam­i­ly in 1854, where he unit­ed with the Re­or­gan­ized Church on March 3, 1861. That same day he was or­dained an elder; Au­gust 3, 1861, a se­ven­ty; April 8, 1965, an apos­tle, serv­ing in that of­fice five years; pre­si­dent of the High Priests’ Quo­rum (1874-1901); a High Coun­cil­or (1890-1903); an evan­gel­i­cal min­is­ter, June 8, 1902, which of­fice he held until his death. On De­cem­ber 6, 1862, he was sent to Eng­land as a mis­sion­a­ry and was abroad two years. --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: This is the day the Lord hath made, A day most holy to his name
Author: Charles Derry
Meter: 8.8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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