One day when heaven was filled with His praises

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One day when heaven was filled with His praises,
  One day when sin was as black as could be,
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin—
  Dwelt among men, my example is He!
  Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me;
  Buried, He carried my sins far away;
Rising, He justified freely forever:
    One day He’s coming—O glorious day!
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One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain,
  One day they nailed Him to die on the tree;
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected;
  Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He.
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One day they left Him alone in the garden,
  One day He rested, from suffering free;
Angels came down o’er His tomb to keep vigil;
  Hope of the hopeless, my Savior is He.
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One day the grave could conceal Him no longer,
  One day the stone rolled away from the door;
Then He arose, over death He had conquered;
  Now is ascended, my Lord evermore.
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One day the trumpet will sound for His coming,
  One day the skies with His glory will shine;
Wonderful day, my beloved ones bringing;
  Glorious Savior, this Jesus is mine!
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Sheilagh

Leicester, United Kingdom

I came to know the Lord 50 years ago and haven't sang this song since those early years back in the sixties. Am going through a really difficult time right now and the Lord just brought it back to mind and I found myself singing it again- What a blessing it is to be reminded that God never changes, His message is as fresh as they day we first hear it!


John Walters

Rakops, Botswana

A lovely reminder of our Lord's sacrifice and victory as I prepare my Good Friday sermon to be preached in Setswana to a congregation of Batswana, Bakalanga, Bayei and Dxana people. The Gospel is truly for every people, tribe, nation and tongue and is as timeless as the Lord Himself! One day He is coming... O glorious day!


Christopher Roberts (barrister)

Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

This hymn displays the glorious grace of God to a mere sinner like me!


Harry

Verona, Nj, United States

This hymn is the gospel of our Lord Jesus. He saved me 46 years ago. Praise the Lord.


Neill

What a wonderful Savior! What a beautiful tribute to and reminder of what He did for us.

Re: Sept 2008 comments. Now that you are four years older, wouldn't you rather just praise Jesus, instead of picking at nits?


Caroline

Cane Garden, St. Thomas, Barbados

A beautiful song that reflects God everlasting love throughout his life.


Kay Robnson

Colfax, TX, United States

I love this song, old or new version. The writer of the lyrics did not write the music. I like to picture the writers of old getting to take a peek from heaven and hearing their original lyrics being sung to a brand new tune and asking what power point is as they see their words they penned long ago still ringing the truth decades later. No song tells the gospel message from start to finish like this one. No beauty is lost in singing it old style or new. We sang it this morning on Easter and people that had never heard the old version (since they had become Christians recently) were singing to the Lord at the top of their lungs. I bet the writer of this song J Wilbur Chapman got to see!


Joanna

Santa Maria, CA, United States

This song has haunted me since I heard it at the Good Friday service yesterday. I did not recognize it because it was sung with the contemporary music. Finding the original tune has moved me deeply because it was a beloved hymn I grew up with. I often wonder if modernizing a classic hymn does not take away some of its original beauty.


Alan

St Helens, Merseyside, United Kingdom

As we approach Easter this song puts the amazing sacrifice of our Lord Jesus into context.


Lois Doornbos

Placentia, CA, United States

This is the original verion as written by J. Wilbur Chapman and Charles H.Marsh copyrighted in 1910. In the present contemporary gospel music the song is called "Glorious Day"

In this gospel campaign we will also use Hymns, #987, which is an excellent gospel hymn written by the American evangelist J. Wilbur Chapman. In Chapman's days, the prevailing theology was the theology taught by the modernists. The modernists said that the Lord Jesus was not God, that His death had not been for redemption, and that He had not been resurrected. Therefore, Chapman purposely wrote this hymn of five verses. The first verse is on the birth of the Lord Jesus, the second verse is on His death, the third verse is on His burial, the fourth verse is on His resurrection, and the fifth verse is on His coming back. This hymn not only has a dignified tune, but its chorus is also particularly well written, pointing out the subject matter of all five verses. The chorus says, "Living, He loved me; dying, He saved me; / Buried, He carried my sins far away; / Rising, He justified freely forever: / One day He's coming—O glorious day!" The content of this hymn is proper and rich, and the tune is dignified.

The hymn we just sang, hymn 987, was written at the beginning of this century. It was written by an American brother. At that time, the liberal theology was flourishing, which said that the Bible is not the word of God, that miracles are not real, and that the resurrection of Jesus was merely a resurrection of His ideas. It also said that there are neither angels nor demons.

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This hymn has five verses. The first verse speaks of Jesus' incarnation. The second tells of His crucifixion. The third verse speaks of His burial, the fourth, of His resurrection, and the fifth, of His second coming. The last phrase of the fifth verse says, "This Jesus is mine!" What the author was saying at the end was "This is my Jesus! My Jesus is not the Jesus that you modernists claim to know. My Jesus was incarnated because He loved me. He was crucified to save me and buried to take my sins far away. He rose to justify me freely forever, and one day He is coming back to receive me."