Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition
317 Jackson
Words: Mercer’s Cluster, 1810
Music: M. F. McWhorter, 1908
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
I am a stranger here below,
And what I am is hard to know,
I am so vile, so prone to sin,
I fear that I’m not born again.
When I experience call to mind,
My understanding is so blind,
All feeling sense seems to be gone,
Which makes me think that I am wrong.
I find myself out of the way,
My thoughts are often gone astray,
Like one alone I seem to be,
Oh, is there anyone like me?
And what I am is hard to know,
I am so vile, so prone to sin,
I fear that I’m not born again.
When I experience call to mind,
My understanding is so blind,
All feeling sense seems to be gone,
Which makes me think that I am wrong.
I find myself out of the way,
My thoughts are often gone astray,
Like one alone I seem to be,
Oh, is there anyone like me?