Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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497b Supplication

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: Arr. The Southern Harmony, 1835. Alto The Christian Harmony, 1867

Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)

Create my nature pure within,
And form my soul averse to sin;
Let Thy good Spirit ne’er depart,
Nor hide Thy presence from my heart.

I cannot live without Thy light,
Cast out and banished from Thy sight;
Thy holy joys, my God, restore,
And guard me that I fall no more.