Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
47b Idumea
Words: Charles Wesley, 1763
Music: Ananias Davisson, 1816. Treble The Western Harmony, 1824. Alto The Hesperian Harp, 1848
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?
A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought,
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot.
Soon as from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be!
Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise,
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!
To lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought,
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot.
Soon as from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be!
Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise,
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!