Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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271b Restoration

Words: John Cennick, 1742

Music: D. P. White, 1850. Alto S. M. Denson, 1911

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

How many years has man been driv’n
Far off from happiness and heav’n?
When wilt Thou, gracious Lord, restore
Thy wand’ring church to roam no more?