The Sacred Harp (1844)

Description

Editions

1. 1844.
2. 1850.
3. 1859-1860.
4. 1869-1870.

References

• Steel, David Warren, and Richard H. Hulan. 2010. The Makers of the Sacred Harp. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. 322 pp.

Contents of 1844 Edition

(Incomplete)

The table below was derived from the 1859-1860 edition, since it is exactly the same as the 1844 edition except for the title page, introduction, and appendices. Works at CPDL.org are linked by the Composer's name. In the Time column, number of beats in the first measure is shown in parenthesis.

Page	Title	Composer	Year	Lyricist	Year	Text Meter	First Line	Time	Parts	Air
27	Bethel		0		0	C. M.	O for a closer walk with God	4:4(2)	3	2
28a	Aylesbury		0		0	S. M.	The God we worship now	4:4(4)	4	3
28b	Wells		0		0	L. M.	Life is the time to serve the Lord	4:4(4)	4	3
29a	Fairfield		0		0	C. M.	Come, humble sinner, in whose breast	4:4(2)	3	2
29b	Tribulation		0		0	C. M.	Death, 'tis a melancholy day	3:2(1)	3	2
30a	Rochester		0		0	C. M.	Come let us join our cheerful songs	4:4(4)	4	3
30b	Prospect		0		0	L. M.	Why should we start, or fear to die	3:4(1)	3	2
31a	Ninety-Third Psalm		0		0	S. M.	Grace first contrived the way	3:2(1)	3	2
31b	Webster		0		0	S. M.	Come, we that love the Lord	4:4(2)	3	2
32a	Corinth		0		0	L. M.	Jesus, and shall it ever be	4:4(2)	3	2
32b	Peterborough		0		0	C. M.	Approach, my soul, the mercy seat	4:4(2)	3	2
33a	Weeping Savior		0		0	S. M.	Did Christ o'er sinners weep	4:4(2)	3	2
33b	Abbeville		0		0	S. M.	Come, Holy Spirit, Come	3:4(1)	3	2
34a	Hamilton		0		0	L. M.	Come, all who love the Lord indeed	3:4(1)	3	2
34b	Bleeding Savior		0		0	C. M.	Alas! and did my Savior bleed	3:2(1)	3	2
35	Augusta		0		0	C. M. D.	O for a shout of sacred joy	3:2(1)	3	2
36a	America		0		0	S. M.	My soul, repeat his praise	4:4(4)	4	3
36b	Ninety-Fifth		0		0	C. M.	When I can read by title clear	4:4(2)	4	3
37a	China		0		0	C. M.	Why should we mourn departing friends	3:2(2)	4	3
37b	Liverpool		0		0	C. M.	Young people all, attention give	4:4(4)	3	2
38a	Winter		0		0	C. M.	His hoary frost, his fleecy snow	4:4(2)	4	3
38b	Windham	Daniel Read	1785	Isaac Watts	1709	L. M.	Broad is the road that leads to death	4:4(4)	4	3
39a	Detroit		0		0	C. M.	Do not I love thee, O my Lord	4:4(4)	3	2
39b	Watchman		0		0	S. M.	A charge to keep I have	2:2(1)	3	2
40	Lenox		0		0	66. 66. 88.	Blow ye the trumpet, blow	4:4(4)	4	3
41	Invitation		0		0	C. M.	Come, humble sinner, in whose breast	4:4(4)	3	2
42	Clamanda		0		0	L. M. D.	Say, now, ye lovely social band	4:4(2)	3	2
43	Primrose Hill		0		0	C. M.	When I can read my title clear	6:8(3)	3	2
44	The Converted Thief		0		0	C. M. D.	As on the cross the Savior hung	6:4(1)	3	2
45a	New Britain		0		0	C. M.	Amazing grace! how sweet the shound	3:4(1)	3	2
45b	Supplication		0		0	L. M.	O thou who hears when sinners cry	4:4(4)	3	2
46a	Dublin		0		0	C. M.	Lord, what is man, poor, feeble man	2:2(1)	4	3
46b	Hanover		0		0	C. M.	Come, humble sinner, in whose breast	4:4(4)	3	2
47a	Primrose		0		0	C. M.	Salvation! O the joyful sound	4:4(2)	3	2
47b	Idumea		0		0	S. M.	And am I born to die	3:2(1)	3	2
48a	Devotion		0		0	L. M.	Sweet is the day of sacred rest	4:4(4)	3	2
48b	Kedron		0		0	L. M.	Thou man of grief, remember me	4:4(4)	3	2
49a	Old Hundred		0		0	L. M.	O come, loud anthems let us sing	2:2(1)	4	3
49b	Mear		0		0	C. M.	Will God forever cast us off	3:2(1)	3	2
50a	Consolation		0		0	C. M.	Once more, my soul, the rising day	4:4(2)	3	2
50b	Distress		0		0	L. M.	So fades the lovely blooming flower	4:4(2)	3	2
51	Tennessee		0		0	C. M. D.	Afflictions, though they seem severe	4:4(2)	4	3
52a	Albion		0		0	S. M.	Come, ye that love the Lord	4:4(2)	4	3
52b	Charlestown		0		0	87. 87.	Mercy, O thou son of David	6:4(6)	3	2
53	Jerusalem		0		0	88.88.12 45.	Jesus. my all, to heaven is gone	4:4(2)	3	2
54a	Georgia		0		0	C. M.	Return, O God of love, return	4:4(4)	4	3
54b	Imandra New		0		0	11 11. 11 11.	Farewell, my dear brethre, the time is at hand	4:4(2)	3	2
55a	Paris		0		0	L. M.	This spacious earth is all the Lord's	4:4(4)	4	3
55b	Vernon		0		0	88. 88. 88.	Come, O thou traveler unknown	2:4(1)	4	3
56	Salem		0		0	C. M.	How sweet the name of Jesus sounds	6:4(1)	3	2
57	Christian Soldier		0		0	C. M. D.	Am I a soldier of the cross	6:8(3)	3	2
58	Pisgah		0		0	C. M.	Jesus, thou art the sinner's friend	4:4(2)	4	3
59	Holy Manna		0		0	87. 87. D	Bethren, we have met to worship	4:4(2)	3	2
60	Portugal		0		0	L. M.	How pleasant, how divinely fair	4:4(2)	4	3
61	Sweet Rivers		0		0	C. M. D.	Sweet rivers of redeeming love	4:4(2)	3	2
62	Parting Hand		0		0	L. M. D.	My Christian friends, in bonds of love	6:4(3)	3	2
63	Coronation		0		0	C. M.	All hail the power of Jesus' name	4:4(2)	4	3
64	Nashville		0		0	886. 886.	The Lord into his garden come	6:8(3)	3	2
65	Sweet Prospect		0		0	C. M. D.	On Jordan's stormy banks I stand	6:4(6)	3	2
66	Kingwood		0		0	886. 886.	My days, my weeks, my months, my years	6:8(6)	4	3
67	Columbus		0		0	C. M. D.	O, once I had a glorious view	6:4(3)	3	2
68a	Salem		0		0	L. M.	He dies, the friend of sinners dies	4:4(2)	4	3
68b	Middlebury		0		0	669. 669.	Come away to the skies	2:4(1)	3	2
69	Minister's Farewell		0		0	C. M. D.	Dear friends, farewell! I do you tell	4:4(4)	4	3
70	Rhode Island		0		0	886. 886.	Thou great, mysterious God unknown	2:4(2)	3	2
71	Leander		0		0	C. M. D.	My soul forsakes her vain delight	6:8(1)	3	2
72a	The Weary Souls		0		0	C. M. D.	Ye weary, heavy-laden souls	4:4(2)	3	2
72b	Bellevue		0		0	11 11. 11 11.	How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord	4:4(2)	3	2
73a	Cusseta		0		0	L. M.	Show pity, Lord; O Lord, forgive	4:4(2)	3	2
73b	Arlington		0		0	C. M.	Jesus, with all thy saints above	2:2(2)	3	2
74a	The Enquirer		0		0	C. M. D.	I'm not ashamed to own my Lord	6:4(6)	3	2
74b	King of Peace		0		0	77. 77.	Lord, I cannot let thee go	6:4(6)	3	2
75	Paradise		0		0	C. M.	There is a land of pure delight	2:4(2)	4	3
76a	Holiness		0		0	77. 77. 77.	Daniel's wisdom may I know	6:4(6)	3	2
76b	Desire for Piety		0		0	8 11. 8 11. 5 11.	Tis my desire with God to walk	2:4(2)	3	2
77a	The Child of Grace		0		0	C. M. D.	How happy's every child of grace	4:4(2)	3	2
77b	Talbotton		0		0	77. 77.	Hark! my soul, it is the Lord	4:4(2)	3	2
78	The Hebrew Children		0		0	76. 8886.	Where are the Hebrew children	4:4(4)	3	2
79	The Old Ship of Zion		0		0	10 7. 10 7. 76. 74	What ship is that that will take us all home	2:4(1)	3	2
80a	Shouting Song		0		0	87. 87. 11 8.	Jesus, grant us all a blessing	2:4(2)	3	2
80b	Service of the Lord		0		0	89. 89. 12 9.	Farewell, vain world, I'm going home	2:4(2)	3	2
81a	Beach Spring		0		0	87. 87. D.	Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched	4:4(2)	3	2
81b	Cookham		0		0	77. 77.	Hark! the herald angels sing	6:4(6)	3	2
82a	Bound for Canaan		0		0	76. 76. 77. 77.	O when shall I see Jesus	4:4(2)	3	2
82b	Edgefield		0		0	L. M.	How tedious and tasteless the hours	6:4(3)	3	2
83a	Vale of Sorrow		0		0	76. 76. 86. 76.	While in this vale of sorrow	4:4(2)	3	2
83b	Harris		0		0	C. M.	In evil long I took delight	2:2(1)	3	2
84	Mountville		0		0	76. 76. D	Throughout our wide-spread union	4:4(2)	3	2
85	The Morning Trumpet		0		0	76 11. 76 11. 12 11.	O when shall I see Jesus	2:4(1)	3	2
86	Little Children		0		0	87. 87. D.	Come, little children, now we may	2:4(1)	3	2
87	Sweet Canaan		0		0	89. 89. 68. 89.	O who will come and go with me	2:4(1)	3	2
88a	Done with the World		0		0	8 11. 8 11. 67 11.	Jesus, my all, to heaven has gone	2:4(2)	3	2
88b	Mount Zion		0		0	86. 86. 55. 95.	O for a thousand tongues to sing	4:4(4)	3	2
89	The Church's Desolation		0		0	87. 87. D	Well may thy servants mourn, my God	4:4(4)	3	2
90	Look Out		0		0	87. 87. D.	My brethren all, on you I call	4:4(2)	3	2
91	Church Triumphant		0		0	77. 87. D	Head of the church triumphant	4:4(2)	3	2
92	Burk		0		0	76. 76. 787.	The glorious light of Zion	4:4(2)	3	2
93	Frozen Heart		0		0	L. M.	Lord, shed a beam of heavenly day	6:4(3)	3	2
94	Oak Bowery		0		0	88. 88. 88.	Would Jesus haave the sinner die	4:4(2)	3	2
95	Aithlone		0		0	886. 886.	O thou, that hears the prayer of faith	2:4(1)	4	3
96	Happy Matches		0		0	886. 886.	When thou, my righteous judge, shall come	4:4(2)	3	2
97	Will You Go?		0		0	86. 86. 8886.	We're traveling home to heaven above	6:8(3)	3	2
98	Dull Care		0		0			(0)	0	0