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This pancocojams post showcases performances of Fred Hammond's gospelized hymn "This Is The Day That The Lord Has Made"which was first released in 1991. "Gospelized hymn" is my term for a hymn that is performed in a gospel style. This song is based on the hymn composed in 1719 by Isaac Watts .
Information about that hymn and information about Fred Hammond are included in this post along with the lyrics to Fred Hammond's version of this song.
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Thanks to Isaac Watts for his musical legacy and thanks the composer and the music arranger of the Christian hymn "This Is The Day That The Lord Has Made". Thanks also to Fred Hammond for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the transcriber of these lyrics, and the publishers of this examples on YouTube. Also, thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT "THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE" HYMN
"Born in 1674, Isaac Watts was the son of a British schoolmaster, and when he was but twenty years old, he wrote his first hymn, “Behold the Glories of the Lamb.” By age 24, Isaac was an assistant pastor in London and ascended to a pastor’s role at 28.
HymnTime notes that Isaac Watts wrote the lyrics in 1719 and included the hymn in his collection The Psalms of David, with an alternate title “Christ’s Resurrection, and Our Salvation.
The music was composed by Thomas A. Arne in 1762 and arranged by Ralph Harrison in 1784.
Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church states Watts had a significant impact as a hymnist: “Watts helped change how people sang (and sing) in the church by facilitating the change from metrical versification to rhymed paraphrase.” Instead of metrical psalms (psalms directly translated to music), Watts wrote hymns that paraphrased psalms with New Testament language worked into them. “This is the Day the Lord Has Made” paraphrases Psalm 118, the concluding psalm in the Hallel Psalms (113-118). The Hallel Psalms were recited or sung during Passover and other Jewish festivals—which may connect Psalm 108 to Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Some scholars believe Psalm 118 was the hymn that Jesus and his disciples sang at the Last Supper.
The hymn references or paraphrases many other Bible passages, including Genesis 1:3-5, Psalm 38:22, Zechariah 9:9, Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 1:68-75, John 1:14, and Revelation 1:10.
Watts published over 800 hymns. The list includes many we
know and use to worship the Lord with our brothers- and sisters-in-Christ,
including … “Our God, Our Help in Ages Past” [and] .“Come, We That Love the
Lord” "*
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In African American churches, the song "Come We That Love The Lord" is most often known as ”We're Marching To Zion".
INFORMATION ABOUT FRED HAMMOND
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hammond
"Frederick William Hammond[1] (born December 27, 1960)[2] is an American gospel singer, bass guitar player, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most popular figures in contemporary gospel music.[3][4][5] He is known for using a variety of different styles in his music such as R&B, hip-hop, and disco.
Musical career
Hammond has been active both as a member of the gospel
performing group Commissioned, and as a solo artist (currently for Verity
Records). He is a multiple Grammy, Dove, and Stellar award winner and nominee
as a performer, producer, and writer."...
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LYRICS - THIS IS THE DAY
Yeah
Just clap yo hands like this
Just clap your hands like this
Yeah let's wake up the church with this old school jam
Shout to the lord in here
You know that he's good and his mercy endureth forever and the people of God said
They said what
And the people of God said yeah
And the people of God said yeah
And the people of God said yeah
And the people of God said yeah
Now we serve notice to depression, confusion
All maner of evil and every sickness
You can in to bind but you cannot stay
'cause the people of God we ani't havin' it
It's a good day, even though i cried last tuesday
And I was outter cash by friday
No matter what comes next, I'm gonna stand up
And give him the praise
'cause this is the day
This is the day, this is the day
That the lord has made, that the lord has made
I will rejoice,I will rejoice
And be glad in it, glad in it
This is the day that the lord has made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day, this is the day
That the lord has made
This is the day, this is the day
That the lord has made, that the lord has made
I will rejoice, I will rejoice
And be glad in it, glad in it
This is the day
That the lord has made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day
This is the day that the lord has made
This is the day
That the lord has made
I will rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day
This is the day that the lord has made
That the lord has made
That the lord has made
That the lord has made
As I look back over all the years that I made it through
Can't imagine (ooh ooh) where i'd be now (ooh ooh) if it wasn't for you (wasn't for you)
Why your favor rests upon me I could never explain Your favor is just what I needed
Why your favor rests upon me I could never explain Your favor is just what I needed
Why your favor rests upon me I could never explain Your favor is just what I needed
But I'm so glad that I can say
I will rejoice
And the peole of God said yeah
Source http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/f/fred_hammond/this_is_the_day_lyrics.html
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I reposted these lyrics as I found them, but usually the custom is to capitalize the first letter of every noun or pronoun that refers to God or Jesus.
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
Example #1: Fred Hammond - This Is the Day
BigE7Uploaded on Apr 29, 2008
From the project: Free to Worship 2006
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Example #2: Fred Hammond - This Is The Day at "The Experience"
Dedry Jones, Uploaded on Nov 28, 2009
Fred Hammond performs This Is The Day "Live at The Experience". The Experience event is created and hosted by Dedry Jones.
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