Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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435 Sacred Rest

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: W. D. Jones, 1869

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

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