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Christ in Song 10

Only One Step

Words: F. E. B.Music: F. E. Belden

Studio

1Only one step to Jesus from the dark-ness in-to light; Only one step to Jesus from the wrong un-to the right; Only one step to Jesus, from death in-to life; Only one step to Jesus from the storm un-to the light.

RefrainOnly one step, only one step; That is not far to go: Only one step, only one step, From Jesus we may know Why not take it now?

2Only one step from sad-ness, from guilt with all its dread; Only one step from mad-ness, from Self unto its head; Only one step from anguish, from pain un-to the light; Only one step to flourish, On - ly one step to light.

Words
F. E. B.

Copyright, 1895, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
54
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 38% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Only one step to Jesus from the dark-ness in-to light; Only one step to Jesus from the wrong un-to the right; Only one step to Jesus, from death in-to life; Only one step to Jesus from the storm un-to the light./˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/˘˘˘//˘˘//˘//˘/˘˘//˘//˘//˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/54A

Verse 2

Only one step from sad-ness, from guilt with all its dread; Only one step from mad-ness, from Self unto its head; Only one step from anguish, from pain un-to the light; Only one step to flourish, On - ly one step to light./˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/˘˘//˘˘//˘//˘/˘˘//˘˘//˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/52A

Refrain

Only one step, only one step; That is not far to go: Only one step, only one step, From Jesus we may know Why not take it now?/˘///˘//˘˘˘/˘//˘///˘//˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/33A

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.