Songs Removed in Revision for the The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition

The Revision-Music Committee is pleased to release the list of songs removed in the revision for The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. We will provide a handy reference sheet with the placement of new songs by page number prior to the songbook debut on September 12–14.

  • HOME IN HEAVEN (41)
  • MORTALITY (50t)
  • HUMILITY (50b)
  • MY HOME (51)
  • THE BLESSED LAMB (54)
  • SISTER’S FAREWELL (55)
  • SHOUTING SONG (80t)
  • COOKHAM (81b)
  • EDMONDS (115)
  • UNION (116)
  • STOCKWOOD (118)
  • MILLENNIUM (130)
  • SWEET SOLITUDE (140)
  • WAR DEPARTMENT (160t)
  • SWEET HOME (161)
  • DARTMOUTH (169)
  • ENFIELD (184)
  • SPRING (188)
  • WARNING (213b)
  • PORTUGUESE HYMN (223)
  • THOU ART PASSING AWAY (231)
  • ODE ON SCIENCE (242)
  • ROSE OF SHARON (254)
  • DODDRIDGE (263)
  • KINGWOOD (266)
  • THE SHEPHERD’S FLOCK (279)
  • AKERS (293)
  • ODEM (295)
  • PARTING FRIENDS (308)
  • SOFT MUSIC (323b)
  • HORTON (330t)
  • JESTER (331)
  • O COME AWAY (334)
  • ANTHEM ON THE SAVIOR (355)
  • CONSOLATION (367)
  • SING ON (381)
  • ALEXANDER (393)
  • NEW BETHEL (395)
  • PROMISED DAY (409)
  • THE LOVED ONES (413)
  • EASTER MORN (415)
  • CHRISTIAN’S DELIGHT (429)
  • McKAY (433)
  • SIDNEY (437)
  • THE MARRIAGE IN THE SKIES (438)
  • FATHERLAND (449)
  • MARY’S GRIEF AND JOY (451)
  • HOLLY SPRINGS (453)
  • TOLLING BELL (459)
  • SHINING STAR (461)
  • OUR HUMBLE FAITH (463)
  • LISBON (467)*
  • BRISTOL (468)
  • THE SAVIOR’S NAME (471)
  • THE THRONE OF GRACE (476)
  • MY RISING SUN (478)
  • ETERNAL LIGHT (483)
  • HEAVENLY UNION (484)
  • SOLDIER’S DELIGHT (487)
  • AS WE GO ON (488)
  • OH, WHAT LOVE (491)
  • AMANDA RAY (493)
  • BIG CREEK (494)
  • A CHARGE TO KEEP (502)
  • JOYFUL (513)
  • FEDERAL STREET (515)
  • DeLONG (516)
  • PLEYEL’S HYMN (523)
  • THE 23rd PSALM (524)
  • DURA (531)
  • SUPPLICATION (539)
  • HOME OF THE BLEST (541)
  • PRAISE HIM (544)
  • THE PILGRIM’S WAY (545)
  • INFINITE DELIGHT (562)
  • FAREWELL TO ALL (570)
  • PENITENCE (571)

* Replaced by Read’s original fuging arrangement of LISBON.

About David Ivey

A lifelong Sacred Harp singer, David Ivey is the president of the Sacred Harp Musical Heritage Association, director of Camp Fasola, and chair of the Revision-Music Committee for The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. David was a member of the Music Committee that revised The Sacred Harp: 1991 Edition. David lives in Huntsville, Alabama, where he is chief information officer of the Alabama Supercomputer Authority.
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