Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
96 Few Happy Matches
Words: Lady Huntingdon’s Collection of Hymns, 1774
Music: Arr. B. F. White and E. J. King, 1844, from Crane, 1788. Alto S. M. Denson, 1911
Meter: Common Particular Meter (8,8,6,8,8,6)
When Thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come
To take Thy ransomed people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at Thy right hand?
I love to meet Thy people now,
Before Thy feet with them to bow,
Though vilest of them all;
But can I bear the piercing thought:
What if my name should be left out
When Thou for them shalt call?
O Lord, prevent it by Thy grace,
Be Thou my only hiding place,
In this accepted day;
Thy pard’ning voice, oh, let me hear
To still my unbelieving fear,
Nor let me fall, I pray.
To take Thy ransomed people home,
Shall I among them stand?
Shall such a worthless worm as I,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at Thy right hand?
I love to meet Thy people now,
Before Thy feet with them to bow,
Though vilest of them all;
But can I bear the piercing thought:
What if my name should be left out
When Thou for them shalt call?
O Lord, prevent it by Thy grace,
Be Thou my only hiding place,
In this accepted day;
Thy pard’ning voice, oh, let me hear
To still my unbelieving fear,
Nor let me fall, I pray.