Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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547 Granville

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: Judy Hauff, 1986

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

Remember, Lord, our mortal state;
How frail our lives! how short the date!
Where is the man that draws his breath,
Safe from disease, secure from death?

Lord, while we see whole nations die,
Our flesh and sense repine and cry;
Must death forever rage and reign?
Or hast Thou made mankind in vain?