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Christ in Song 112

Jubilee

Words: H. J. ZelleyMusic: H. J. Zelley

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1The good news is sounding, The trumpet is blowing,
The year of jubilee, The year of jubilee;
Free grace is flowing, Free grace is flowing,
The year of jubilee, The year of jubilee.

RefrainJubilee, jubilee,
The year of jubilee;
Jubilee, jubilee,
The year of jubilee.

2A day when Jesus' song, A day when Jesus' song,
Is flowing sweet and clear, Is flowing sweet and clear;
When grace shall ring and loud, When grace shall ring and loud,
The year of jubilee, The year of jubilee.

3And now the Savior calls, And now the Savior calls,
The time is drawing near, The time is drawing near;
Just washed of guilty, Just washed of guilty,
The year of jubilee, The year of jubilee.

Scripture
Leviticus 25:10

The verse

Meter
12.12.10.12
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 75% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

The good news is sounding, The trumpet is blowing,˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘12A
The year of jubilee, The year of jubilee;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12B
Free grace is flowing, Free grace is flowing,//˘/˘//˘/˘10A
The year of jubilee, The year of jubilee.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12B

Verse 2

A day when Jesus' song, A day when Jesus' song,˘///˘/˘///˘/12A
Is flowing sweet and clear, Is flowing sweet and clear;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12B
When grace shall ring and loud, When grace shall ring and loud,//˘/˘///˘/˘/12C
The year of jubilee, The year of jubilee.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12D

Verse 3

And now the Savior calls, And now the Savior calls,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12A
The time is drawing near, The time is drawing near;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12B
Just washed of guilty, Just washed of guilty,//˘/˘//˘/˘10C
The year of jubilee, The year of jubilee.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12D

Refrain

Jubilee, jubilee,/˘//˘/6A
The year of jubilee;˘/˘/˘/6A
Jubilee, jubilee,/˘//˘/6A
The year of jubilee.˘/˘/˘/6A

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.