Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

a 461 occurrences, 363 verses, 271 songs

A blest eternity I’ll spend

396 Notes Almost Divine

A brighter world on high.

288 White

A broken heart for sacrifice.

531 Clayton

A broken heart, my God, my King

531 Clayton

A calm and heav’nly frame

27t Bethel

A contrite heart, or no?

287 Cambridge

A copy, Lord, of Thine.

328 Praise God

A cordial for our fears.

47t Primrose

A country far from mortal sight

77t The Child of Grace

A country I found where true joys abound

369 Send a Blessing

A father on the road

294 Rocky Road

A few more days of sorrow, and the Lord will call us home

167 Pray, Brethren, Pray

A few more days on earth to spend

134 The Christian’s Hope

368 Stony Point

A few more days, or years at most

61 Sweet Rivers

A foll’wer of the Lamb?

57 Christian Soldier

242 Revere

309 Living Lamb

325 Soldier of the Cross

A friend and helper so divine

225t Reynolds

A fruitful soil become

64 Nashville

A glorious band, the chosen few

123b Cross of Christ

A gracious God will mercy show

466 Haynes Creek

A hand divine shall lead you on

456 Sacred Mount

A happy world above

101b Holy City

A hard, deceitful heart and a wretched, wand’ring mind.

141 Complainer

A heart from sin set free

328 Praise God

422 Burdette

A heart in ev’ry thought renewed

328 Praise God

A heart made clean by Thy rich blood.

422 Burdette

A heart that’s sprinkled with His blood

328 Praise God

A heart with grief oppressed

535 Shawmut

A heav’n prepared for me.

77t The Child of Grace

A host in richer garments dressed

449 Lovely Social Band

A host that near His presence stands

449 Lovely Social Band

A humble, contrite heart.

535 Shawmut

A land of deepest shade

47b Idumea

A life of faithful service give

568 I Want to Go to Heaven

A light to shine upon the road

27t Bethel

A little charity and zeal

207 Louisiana

A little cross with cheerfulness

207 Louisiana

A little self-denial

207 Louisiana

A little drop of Jesus’ blood

207 Louisiana

A little faith doth mighty deeds

207 Louisiana

A little patience makes us feel

207 Louisiana

A little stone the earth shall fill

207 Louisiana

A little time will make us all

98 Dull Care

A little tribulation

207 Louisiana

A little voice that’s small and still

207 Louisiana

A manger for His cradle stands

152 Shepherds Rejoice

306 Oxford

A Mary’s or Manasseh’s stains

569b Sacred Throne

A mighty rocky road

294 Rocky Road

A mortal man ashamed of Thee?

32t Corinth

A palace a toy would appear

127 Green Fields

A place than all besides more sweet:

470 The Mercy Seat

A poor wayfaring man

491 Eagles’ Wings

A poor wayfaring man of grief

164 Duane Street

A quick, discerning eye

455 Soar Away

A remnant weak and small

63 Coronation

314 Cleburne

A righteous crown He’ll give

85 The Morning Trumpet

410b Mutual Love

A Savior’s born today!

152 Shepherds Rejoice

306 Oxford

A short time before He was slain

104 The Lovely Story

A solemn darkness veils the skies

68t Salem

163t Morning

A sov’reign balm for ev’ry wound

47t Primrose

A span is all that we can boast

563 Suffield

A sting no one can tell.

414b Parting Friend

A story most lovely I’ll tell

104 The Lovely Story

A sudden trembling shakes the ground.

68t Salem

163t Morning

A sun that shall never go down.

123t The Dying Christian

A sweet, refreshing show’r.

230 Converting Grace

A thousand blessings on him rest.

150 Amity

539 Simena

A thousand radiant marks appear

188 Ephesus

202 New Lebanon

A thousand sacred sweets

220 Mount Zion

313t Concord

565b The Hill of Zion

A thousand starry beauties there

188 Ephesus

202 New Lebanon

A thousand thoughts revolve

29t Fairfield

94 Never Part

A throne of grace, oh, at that throne

466 Haynes Creek

A throne of grace, then let us go

466 Haynes Creek

A troubled heart that cannot rest

535 Shawmut

A type of everlasting rest

283 Sabbath Morning

A voice as of angels enchantingly sung

358 Murillo’s Lesson

Adored a chast’ning God

379 Span of Life

Adorned a great apostle.

207 Louisiana

Ah, they are of a royal line

229 Irwinton

All children of a King

229 Irwinton

All raise a new shout as we come

338 Sawyer’s Exit

I’m a long time traveling away from home

288 White

I’m a long time traveling here below

288 White

I’m a poor, mourning pilgrim, I’m bound for Canaan’s land.

417 Weeping Pilgrim

Am I a soldier of the cross

57 Christian Soldier

242 Revere

309 Living Lamb

325 Soldier of the Cross

I’m but a sojourner below

86 Poland

I’m going to a better land

454 The Better Land

An empty tale, a morning flow’r

181 Exit

And ascended in a cloud.

408 Weeping Mary

And at night on a stone for a pillow he lay

551 Jacob’s Vision

And bound with a leathern girdle

232 Baptismal Anthem

And burst into a song

178t Africa

And cast a wishful eye

65 Sweet Prospect

128 The Promised Land

378t Heavenly Port

439 Jordan

442 New Jordan

And ev’ry voice a song.

441 Raymond

And face a frowning world.

36b Ninety-Fifth

43 Primrose Hill

114 Saint’s Delight

423t Grantville

And feed me with a shepherd’s care

402 Protection

And form a sacred song

411 Morning Prayer

And guard me with a watchful eye.

402 Protection

And hath raised up a ladder of mercy for me.

551 Jacob’s Vision

And heaven is a home

319 Religion Is a Fortune

And I heard a mighty angel flying through the midst of heav’n, crying with a loud voice:

250 Heavenly Vision

And if a soul should e’er be lost

337 Mercy’s Free

And kindles with a pure desire.

280 Westford

And let a beam of life divine

279 Mink Hollow

And not a single soul escape

501b O’Leary

And not a wave of trouble roll

36b Ninety-Fifth

43 Primrose Hill

114 Saint’s Delight

392 Manchester

And pity a ruined lost race!

104 The Lovely Story

And shed a joyful tear

67 Columbus

And sing a parting song

521 Parting Friends

And starve in a foreign land

113 The Prodigal Son

And take a heav’nly place.

420b Bishop

And there’s a cross for me.

349 A Cross for Me

And wander a pilgrim, despised below.

125 Expression

And with a sigh move slowly on

404 Youth Will Soon Be Gone

522 Ye Heedless Ones

And, with a smile upon my face

520 Ata

And wove with the branches a roof o’er my head!

100 The Bower of Prayer

Appeasing the wrath of a God

104 The Lovely Story

Appoint my soul a place.

74t The Enquirer

541 Willkie

As down a lone valley with cedars o’erspread

358 Murillo’s Lesson

As for a brother dead

296 Sardinia

Awake, my soul, and bear a part

123b Cross of Christ

197 Georgia

Beneath a burning sky

189 Montgomery

Blessings to cheer a pilgrim’s days

340 Odem

But I, a helpless sin-sick soul

484t Millbrook

But now a sad reverse we see:

89 The Church’s Desolation

But now I am a soldier

82t Bound for Canaan

85 The Morning Trumpet

410b Mutual Love

But now I have a deeper stroke

67 Columbus

But soon I found ’twas all a dream

227 Ode of Life’s Journey

But there’s a land of peace and rest

465 Where There’s No Trouble and Sorrow

But wisdom shows a narrow path

38b Windham

By faith we know a world above

206 Christian’s Hope

Can I say a last farewell?

385b Can I Leave You?

Can make a feast of union

207 Louisiana

Can make a heav’nly place

147t Boylston

Can move a lofty mountain.

207 Louisiana

Come, hear the counsel of a friend.

204 Mission

Come, shed abroad a Savior’s love

371 Heavenly Dove

Come, soldiers, a tear and a toast to their mem’ry

346 The American Star

Convinced as a sinner, to Jesus I come

496 The Rock That Is Higher than I

Death, like a narrow sea, divides

289 Greensborough

303 Heavenly Land

392 Manchester

446 Infinite Day

Death, ’tis a melancholy day

29b Tribulation

419 Melancholy Day

Driv’n before a dreary wind.

130 The Old Graveyard

Each sin demands a tear

33t Weeping Savior

Eight human souls, a little crew

506 The Ark

Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

217 Ballstown

Faith, like a little mustard seed

207 Louisiana

Firm as a rock the soul shall rest

474 Mount Desert

Fly like a youthful hart or roe

327 Invitation

For a glory and a cov’ring

148 Jefferson

For a little season

448b The Grieved Soul

For guilt, a heavy chain

29b Tribulation

419 Melancholy Day

For just a little while

499b At Rest

For me a table Thou hast spread

558 Living Streams

For such a worm as I?

290 Victoria

310 Weeping Savior

375 Love the Lord

For there’s a crown for me.

349 A Cross for Me

For unto us a Savior’s born

412 New Hosanna

Give me a calm, a thankful heart

475 A Thankful Heart

Give me, O Lord, a place

540 Nidrah

Grace! ’tis a charming sound

31t Ninety-Third Psalm

Grace, ’tis a most delightful theme

432 Cheves

Grant us Lord, a gracious rain.

335 Return Again

Had I the pinions of a dove

61 Sweet Rivers

Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound

162 Plenary

513 Oakland

Hark! what sweet music, what a song

412 New Hosanna

Has waited for a cure.

34t The Gospel Pool

Hath like a mountain rose

29t Fairfield

I’ve a father on the road

294 Rocky Road

I’ve a long time heard that the earth will be burning

567 The Great Day

I’ve a long time heard that the moon will be bleeding

567 The Great Day

I’ve a long time heard that the stars will be falling

567 The Great Day

I’ve a long time heard that the sun will be darkened

567 The Great Day

I’ve a long time heard that there will be a judgment

567 The Great Day

I’ve learned to sing a glad new song

530 A Glad New Song

He gave our souls a living hope

500 Living Hope

He justly claims a song from me

37t Ester

275t Loving-Kindness

He justly claims a song from thee

459 Hurricane Creek

He poured salvation on a wretch

44 The Converted Thief

He said, “I’ll be a God to you,”

67 Columbus

His house a seat of wealth shall be

486 Beneficence

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord

72b Bellevue

I a poor child, and Thou so high

168 Cowper

I am a great complainer that bears the name of Christ

141 Complainer

I am a poor wayfaring stranger

457 Wayfaring Stranger

I am a stranger here below

317 Jackson

I beheld, and lo a great multitude, which no man could number

250 Heavenly Vision

I find myself placed in a state of probation

179 The Christian Warfare

I have a crown in view.

426t Kelley

I heard a great voice from heav’n saying unto me

320 Funeral Anthem

I know there is a paradise

426t Kelley

I saw a river rise

569b Sacred Throne

I see a world of spirits bright

383 Eternal Day

I seek a place in heav’n:

77t The Child of Grace

I spied him where a fountain burst

164 Duane Street

I wait a visit, Lord, from Thee.

280 Westford

I want a godly fear

455 Soar Away

I want a seat in paradise

324 North Port

I want a sober mind

455 Soar Away

I want to live a Christian here

406 New Harmony

I want to wear a crown of glory

457 Wayfaring Stranger

I’ll ask a servant’s place.

113 The Prodigal Son

If angels sung a Savior’s birth

273 Milford

453 Newbury

In a believer’s ear!

68b Ortonville

In a land beyond the sky

560 My Home

In such a frame as this

467 Lisbon

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness, crying with a loud voice, saying

572 The Lamb of God

Into a full communion.

207 Louisiana

Into a world unknown?

47b Idumea

213b Trembling Spirit

428 World Unknown

Is but esteemed almost a saint

38b Windham

Is He a God, and shall His grace

178t Africa

Is there here a trembling jailer

59 Holy Manna

Is there here a weeping Mary

59 Holy Manna

Is this vile world a friend to grace

57 Christian Soldier

309 Living Lamb

It’s a mighty rocky road

294 Rocky Road

It gives my raptured soul a taste

491 Eagles’ Wings

Jesus can make a dying bed

30b Prospect

380 Lawrenceburg

444 All Saints New

Jesus, grant us all a blessing

323t Mullins

Jesus sought me when a stranger

135 Olney

Join in a song with sweet accord

31b Webster

52t Albion

481 Novakoski

Just for a day, dear Lord, with Thee

523 Just for a Day

Keep no longer at a distance

335 Return Again

Kept by a Father’s hand

354b Happy Land

Kindle a flame of sacred love

371 Heavenly Dove

Let a repenting rebel live:

73t Cusseta

Let cares like a wild deluge come

43 Primrose Hill

114 Saint’s Delight

Let evening blush to own a star

32t Corinth

Let ev’ry heart prepare a throne

441 Raymond

Let me a sharer be.

44 The Converted Thief

Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter

145t Warrenton

333 Family Circle

Life is a span, a fleeting hour

507 Woodlands

Like a ship upon the sea

115 Holbrook

Like thoughts of absenting myself for a day

100 The Bower of Prayer

Lo, what a glorious sight appears

299 New Jerusalem

Long for a cooling stream at hand

189 Montgomery

Lord, if a distant glimpse of Thee

316 New Hope

Lord, shed a beam of heav’nly day

93 Frozen Heart

Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I

183 Greenwich

193 Huntington

Louder than a thousand thunders

295 Iowa

Loving Jesus, Thou hast bought a ransom!

361 Loving Jesus

Man is a tender, transient flow’r

507 Woodlands

Many a shining hour is gone

108b The Traveler

May not a sinner trust in Thee?

73t Cusseta

May our justified souls find a welcome in heav’n.

149 The Trumpet

Must for a season die.

223 Balm in Gilead

My friends, I am going a long and tedious journey

260 Farewell Anthem

My grief a burden long has been

53 Jerusalem

My lifted eye, without a tear

143 Pleyel’s Hymn Second

My rapture seemed a pleasing dream

297 Conversion

My soul a witness is:

64 Nashville

No more to sigh or shed a tear

134 The Christian’s Hope

368 Stony Point

No, not a drop of Thy real joy

503 Lloyd

No, there’s a cross for ev’ryone

349 A Cross for Me

Nor hope lends a ray the poor seaman to cherish

224 Save, Lord, or We Perish

O for a breeze of heav’nly love

101t Canaan’s Land

O for a shout of sacred joy

228 Marlborough

O for a thousand tongues to sing

88b Mount Zion

178b Gaines

350 Nativity

O there will be a judgment in that day

567 The Great Day

Of a soul in its earliest love.

399b Happy Christian

Of bliss, a boundless store:

258 Inspiration

Oh, for a closer walk with God

27t Bethel

Oh, for a heart submissive, meek

328 Praise God

Oh, for a heart to praise my God

328 Praise God

422 Burdette

Oh, for a humble, contrite heart

328 Praise God

Oh, for the pinions of a dove

71 Leander

Oh, once I had a glorious view

67 Columbus

Oh, then, who would not climb such a ladder as this?

551 Jacob’s Vision

Oh, to grace how great a debtor

145t Warrenton

333 Family Circle

Oh, what a blessed hope is ours!

77t The Child of Grace

Oh, what a happy time, when the Christians all get home

343 Happy Home

Oh, you must be a lover of the Lord

124 Lover of the Lord

On a poor girl like me?

438 The Blind Girl

On earth I have a mansion too

174 Petersburg

Only a day, dear Lord with Thee

523 Just for a Day

Or like a shooting star.

348b Fleeting Days

Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

447 Wondrous Cross

Partake a little morsel

207 Louisiana

Pilgrims in a barren land

510 Corley

Plant you a rose that shall bloom o’er my grave

339 When I Am Gone

Poor mourners found a home at last.

401 Cuba

Pouring forth a flood of tears?

59 Holy Manna

Prepare a tuneful voice

386 Christ Our Song

Reflect: thou hast a soul to save

321 Newnan

Religion is a fortune

319 Religion Is a Fortune

Ruling with a rod of iron

117 Babylon Is Fallen

Saints shall share a glorious home

354b Happy Land

Send a blessing

369 Send a Blessing

Send a blessing just now.

369 Send a Blessing

Serve with a single heart and eye

448t Consecration

Shall such a worthless worm as I

96 Few Happy Matches

Shed not a tear o’er your friend’s early bier

339 When I Am Gone

Shone without a rival

495 The Midnight Cry

Sing a sweet song such as angels may have

339 When I Am Gone

So a soul that’s born of God

84 Amsterdam

Succeeded by a frown.

451 Milton

Sweeps us away; our life’s a dream

181 Exit

Swift as a flood our hasty days

545 Somers

That saved a wretch like me!

45t New Britain

105 Jewett

413 Buffam Falls

That there will be a judgment in that day.

567 The Great Day

That were a present far too small

447 Wondrous Cross

The fountain flows, a precious flood

420t Tides of Love

The gleaming of a banner

259 Easton

The prayers of our father, a sweet invocation

165 Family Bible

The rising of a star.

259 Easton

The spices yield a rich perfume

284 Garden Hymn

The Spirit like a little dove

207 Louisiana

The vain and the young may attend us a while

136 Morality

Thee a God supremely kind

70t Gainsville

Then in a moment to my view

164 Duane Street

Then in a nobler, sweeter song

397 The Fountain

Then shall I share a glorious part

48t Devotion

Then, since we have a Savior dear

98 Dull Care

There he saw in a vision a ladder so high

551 Jacob’s Vision

There is a calm, a sure retreat:

470 The Mercy Seat

There is a fountain filled with blood

397 The Fountain

There is a happy land

354b Happy Land

There is a holy city

101b Holy City

There is a house not made with hands

218 Mount Pleasant

381 Wells Second

418 Rees

There is a land of pure delight

66 Jordan

289 Greensborough

303 Heavenly Land

392 Manchester

446 Infinite Day

There is a life above

499b At Rest

There is a place where Jesus sheds

470 The Mercy Seat

There is a scene where spirits blend

470 The Mercy Seat

There is a song of triumph

514 Choctawhatchee

There’s not a cloud that doth arise

122 All Is Well

There’s not a plant or flow’r below

244 Plevna

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John

553 Anthem on the Beginning

They fly, forgotten, as a dream

257 Manatawny

This world’s a wilderness of woe

390 New Prospect

Thou art a God before whose sight

173 Phoebus

Thou didst once a wretch behold

74b King of Peace

Through free grace and a dying Lamb

401 Cuba

Till a blessing Thou bestow:

70t Gainsville

74b King of Peace

Till I a better world can view.

185 Pilgrim’s Farewell

208 Traveling On

To all a full salvation

259 Easton

To cure a sin-sick soul

223 Balm in Gilead

To make a sinner whole.

34t The Gospel Pool

To meet a traitor’s doom at morn

164 Duane Street

To see a heav’nly day.

47t Primrose

To Thee a sacrifice I bring

531 Clayton

To wear a starry crown.

153 Resurrected

’Twas a heaven below

399b Happy Christian

Up into a mount; and when He was set, His disciples came unto Him.

508 Sermon on the Mount

Was a contented mind

98 Dull Care

We are told there is a home

560 My Home

We must be parted for a while

62 Parting Hand

We shall all receive a blessing

144 Jubilee

Wearing there a weight of glory

145b Sweet Affliction

What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine!

366 Bremen

What a comfort divine

366 Bremen

What a dear Savior I have found

53 Jerusalem

What a haven in Jesus’ sweet name.

399b Happy Christian

When in a low whisper I heard something say

341 The Lone Pilgrim

When trouble, like a gloomy cloud

37t Ester

Where not a hand is reached to save!

502 New York

While blest with a sense of His love

127 Green Fields

Who such a strict account must give

445 Passing Away

Why should you go mourning from such a physician

116 Hooper

Will He forever wear a frown

67 Columbus

462 Faith and Hope

Will starve a hungry mind.

180 Vermont

With here and there a traveler.

38b Windham

Without a trace behind her?

89 The Church’s Desolation

Yes, with a cheerful zeal

150 Amity

Yet a season, and you know

131b Invocation

Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord

73t Cusseta

Yet the question gives a plea

74b King of Peace

Your friendship’s like a drawing band

62 Parting Hand