The Sacred Harp (1844)
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Description
History
Editions
- 1844.
- 1850.
- 1859-1860.
- 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.
External Links
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 |