Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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76b Desire for Piety

Words: Trivett’s Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1772

Music: B. F. White, 1844. Alto William Walker, 1867

Meter: Long Meter Half (8,8)

’Tis my desire with God to walk,
Till the warfare is over, hallelujah,
And with His children pray and talk,
Till the warfare is over, hallelujah.

[chorus]
Cry Amen, pray on till the warfare is over, hallelujah.