Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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171 Exhortation (First)

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: Hibbard, 1796

Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)

Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear
My voice ascending high;
To Thee will I direct my prayer,
To Thee lift up mine eye.

Up to the hills where Christ is gone
To plead for all His saints,
Presenting at His Father’s throne
Our songs and our complaints.