Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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517 Mars Hill

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: Hugh W. McGraw, 1959

Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)

Copyright: 1960 Sacred Harp Publishing Company

How shall the young secure their hearts
And guard their lives from sin?
Thy Word the choicest rule imparts
To keep the conscience clean.

Thy Word is everlasting truth;
How pure is ev’ry page!
That holy book shall guide our youth
And well support our age.