Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition

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50t Devotion

Words: Isaac Watts, 1719

Music: Daniel Read, 1787

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

Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found,
Like David’s harp of solemn sound.