Shape Note Song, 'The Young Convert' (Southern Harmony 308)

When converts first begin to sing,
Wonder, wonder, wonder,
Their happy souls are on the wing,
Glory, Hallelujah!
Their theme is all redeeming love-
Glory, Hallelujah!
Fain would they be with Christ above,
Sing glory, hallelujah!

They wonder why old saints don't sing,
Wonder, wonder, wonder;
And make God's earthly temples ring,
Glory, hallelujah!
They view themselves upon the shore-
Glory, hallelujah!
And think the battle all is o'er,
Sing, glory hallelujah!

The Bible now appears so plain,
Wonder, wonder, wonder,
They wonder they should read in vain,
Glory, hallelujah!
The air is all perfumed with love,
Glory, hallelujah!
And earth appears like heaven above.
Sing, glory, hallelujah!

This song, #308 in The Southern Harmony, also apppeared in the 1805 Christian Harmony, and in the 'Rudiments' material of The Sacred Harp (Denson) p. 24 (first verse only). As recorded at the 13th Annual Harrod's Creek Shape Note Convention. Brownsboro, Kentucky, April 26 - 27, 2008.

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[ecbford]

Keep the music alive.

[PLBrayfield]

Lots of singers are doing just that!

And the music helps to keep us truly alive, as well.

Thanks for your comment.

PB

[HookSilverSparrow]

:D The first tune I ever led, I believe. Which would have been when I was 3 or 4.