Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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428 World Unknown

Words: Charles Wesley, 1763

Music: H. S. Rees, 1859. Alto S. M. Denson, 1911

Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)

And am I born to die?
To lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?

Waked by the trumpet’s sound,
I from my grave shall rise,
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!