Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
391 Sounding Joy
Words: Isaac Watts, 1719
Music: Justin Morgan, 1790. Alto S. M. Denson, 1911
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
Behold the morning sun
Begins his glorious way;
His beams through all the nations run,
And life and light convey.
But when the gospel comes
It spreads diviner light;
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.
My gracious God, how plain
Are Thy directions giv’n!
Oh, may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heav’n.
Begins his glorious way;
His beams through all the nations run,
And life and light convey.
But when the gospel comes
It spreads diviner light;
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.
My gracious God, how plain
Are Thy directions giv’n!
Oh, may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heav’n.