Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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82b Edgefield

Words: John Newton, 1779

Music: Arr. J. T. White, 1844

Meter: 8s (8,8,8,8)

How tedious and tasteless the hours
When Jesus no longer I see!
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flow’rs,
Have lost all their sweetness to me.

His name yields the sweetest perfume,
And sweeter than music His voice;
His presence disperses my gloom,
And makes all within me rejoice.