Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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189 Montgomery

Tune: Justin Morgan, 1790

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

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

Early my God, without delay,
I haste to seek Thy face;
My thirsty spirit faints away
Without they cheering grace.
So pilgrims on the scorching sand,
Beneath a burning sky,
Long for a cooling stream at hand,
And they must drink or die.