Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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160b Turn, Sinner, Turn

Words: Cady and Eells’s Collection, 1807

Music: Arr. E. J. King, 1844. Alto W. M. Cooper, 1902

Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)

Today, if you will hear His voice,
Now is the time to make your choice;
Say, will you to Mount Zion go?
Say, will you have this Christ, or no?

[chorus]
Oh! turn, sinner, turn,
May the Lord help you turn!
Oh! turn, sinner, turn,
Why will you die?