Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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101t Canaan’s Land

Tune: E. J. King, 1844

Words: E. J. King, 1844

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

Oh for a breeze of heav’nly love
To waft my soul away
To that celestial world above,
Where pleasures ne’er decay.
Eternal Spirit, deign to be
My pilot here below,
To steer through life’s tempestuous sea,
Where stormy winds do blow.