Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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327 Invitation

Words: Isaac Watts, 1709

Music: Jacob Kimball, 1784

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

Hark! the Redeemer from on high,
Sweetly invites His fav’rites nigh,
From caves of darkness and of doubt,
He gently speaks and calls us out.
Come, my beloved, haste away,
Cut short the hours of thy delay;
Fly like a youthful hart or roe,
Over the hills where spices grow.