Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
161 Southminster
Words: Charles Wesley, 1767
Music: Steven Brett, 2017
Meter: 6,6,9,6,6,9 D.
Copyright: 2025 Sacred Harp Publishing Company
Come away to the skies,
My beloved, arise,
And rejoice in the day thou wast born:
On this festival day,
Come exulting away,
And with singing to Zion return.
Now with singing and praise
Let us spend all the days
By our heavenly Father bestowed,
While His grace we receive
From His bounty, and live
To the honor and glory of God.
For the glory we were
First created to share,
Both the nature and kingdom divine!
Now created again
That our lives may remain
Throughout time and eternity Thine.
Hallelujah we sing
To the heaven’s high King,
And His rapturous praises repeat;
To the Lamb that was slain,
Hallelujah again
Sing, all heaven, and fall at His feet.
My beloved, arise,
And rejoice in the day thou wast born:
On this festival day,
Come exulting away,
And with singing to Zion return.
Now with singing and praise
Let us spend all the days
By our heavenly Father bestowed,
While His grace we receive
From His bounty, and live
To the honor and glory of God.
For the glory we were
First created to share,
Both the nature and kingdom divine!
Now created again
That our lives may remain
Throughout time and eternity Thine.
Hallelujah we sing
To the heaven’s high King,
And His rapturous praises repeat;
To the Lamb that was slain,
Hallelujah again
Sing, all heaven, and fall at His feet.