Your Refuge: OH HAPPY DAY!!

Today I present four videos of the famous hymn "Oh Happy Day" This song encourages us even in the worst moments. Within these videos is one of Elvis Presley,
whom I admire the passion with which he sang gospel songs.

Here is what Wikipedia says about the origin of this beautiful song.

Edwin Hawkins’ funk style arrangement of the hymn "Oh Happy Day" has a long pedigree: It began as a hymn written in the mid-18th century ("Oh happy day that fixed my choice") by English clergyman Phillip Doddridge (based on Acts 8:35) set to an earlier melody (1704) by J. A. Freylinghausen. By the mid-19th century it had been given a new melody by Edward F. Rimbault and was commonly used for baptismal or confirmation ceremonies in the UK and USA. The 20th century saw its adaptation from 3/4 to 4/4 time and this new arrangement by Hawkins, which contains the repeated refrain only (all of the original verses being omitted).

I hope you enjoy. Blessings.

Oh happy day ( The Edwin Hawkins Singers)