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Christ in Song 1

Lead Them to Thee

Words: AnonMusic: F. E. Belden

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1Lead them to God, O thee, Lead them to thee; These children dear of thine, Thou gav-est me: For thee they trust and cry, For thee they live and die, That thou this precious gift Wilt not re-ceive.

RefrainO by thy love divine, Lead them, my God, to thee; Lead them to thee, Lead them to thee; So by thy love divine, Lead them, my God, to thee; Lead them, my God, to thee; lead them to thee.

2When each soul trusts to land, Fold thy love and say: I would bring each of these, when each soul craves, That they take all to him, I would they leave, That thou the precious gift Wilt not re-ceive.

3Yea, they cry him to thee, I would thy leave, That thou this precious gift, Wilt not re-ceive.

Words
Anon
Scripture
Mark 10:14

The verse

Meter
42
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 44% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Lead them to God, O thee, Lead them to thee; These children dear of thine, Thou gav-est me: For thee they trust and cry, For thee they live and die, That thou this precious gift Wilt not re-ceive./˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/42A

Verse 2

When each soul trusts to land, Fold thy love and say: I would bring each of these, when each soul craves, That they take all to him, I would they leave, That thou the precious gift Wilt not re-ceive.////˘////˘/˘˘//˘˘////˘˘//˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/41A

Verse 3

Yea, they cry him to thee, I would thy leave, That thou this precious gift, Wilt not re-ceive./˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘//˘˘/20A

Refrain

O by thy love divine, Lead them, my God, to thee; Lead them to thee, Lead them to thee; So by thy love divine, Lead them, my God, to thee; Lead them, my God, to thee; lead them to thee.˘˘//˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘˘//˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/42A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.