Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition

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450 Elder

Tune: M. Mark Wynn, 1869

Words: American Sunday School Psalmody, 1832

Meter: 7s Double (7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7)

Gently glides the stream of life,
Oft along the flow’ry vale.
Or impetuous down the cliff,
Rushing roars when storms assail.
Life’s an ever varied flood,
Always rolling to its sea;
Slow, or quick, or mild, or rude,
Tending to eternity.