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Oh! for a glance of heav'nly day

The Stony Heart.

Poet: Joseph Hart, 1762 (1st-5th Stanzas); Original Sacred Harp, 1911 (6th Stanza)
Meter: Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
Oh! for a glance of heav'nly day
To take this stubborn heart away,
And thaw, with beams of love divine
This heart, this frozen heart of mine.
Frozen Heart 93, Stanza 1
Frozen Heart 93, Stanza 1
2
The rocks can rent; the earth can quake;
The seas can roar; the mountain shake;
Of feeling, all things shew some sign;
But this unfeeling heart of mine.

3
To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
Dear Lord, an adament would melt:
But I can read each moving line,
And nothing moves this heart of mine.
Frozen Heart 93, Stanza 2
Frozen Heart 93, Stanza 2
4
Thy judgments too unmoved I hear,
(Amazing thought!) which devils fear.
Goodness and wrath in vain combine,
To stir this stupid heart of mine.

5
But something yet can do the deed:
And that dear something much I need.
Thy Spirit can from dross refine,
And move and melt this heart of mine.
Frozen Heart 93, Stanza 3
Frozen Heart 93, Stanza 3
6
O Breath of life, breathe on my soul!
On me let streams of mercy roll;
Now thaw with rays of love divine,
This heart, this frozen heart of mine.
Frozen Heart 93, Stanza 4
Frozen Heart 93, Stanza 4
Hart, Joseph. Hymns Composed on Various Subjects. New Edition. London: W. Day, 1811.

White, B. F. and E. J. King. Original Sacred Harp: Containing a Superior Collection of Standard Melodies, of Odes, Anthems, and Church Music, and Hymns of High Repute : Rudiments, Retaining All Valuable Standard Regulations, Arr. with All Modern Up-to-date Improvements. Atlanta: J. S. James, 1911.