Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
317 Jackson
Words: Clay’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1793
Music: M. F. McWhorter, 1908
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
I am a stranger here below,
And what I am is hard to know;
I am so vile, so prone to sin,
I fear that I’m not born again.
When I experience call to mind,
My understanding is so blind,
All feeling sense seems to be gone,
Which makes me think that I am wrong.
I find myself out of the way;
My thoughts are often gone astray;
Like one alone I seem to be;
Oh, is there anyone like me?
And what I am is hard to know;
I am so vile, so prone to sin,
I fear that I’m not born again.
When I experience call to mind,
My understanding is so blind,
All feeling sense seems to be gone,
Which makes me think that I am wrong.
I find myself out of the way;
My thoughts are often gone astray;
Like one alone I seem to be;
Oh, is there anyone like me?