Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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556 Portland

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: Abraham Maxim, 1802

Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)

Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
Oh, may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound.

Then shall I see, and hear and know,
All I desired and wished below;
And ev’ry pow’r find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.