Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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101t Canaan’s Land

Words: Lloyd’s Hymns, 1811

Music: E. J. King, 1844. Alto The Christian Harmony, 1873

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

O 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.