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Christ in Song 127

Safe in the Arms of Jesus

Words: Fanny J. CrosbyMusic: W. H. Doane

Studio

1Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on his gentle breast,
There by his love o'er-shaded, Sweet - ly my soul shall rest.
Hark! 'tis the voice of angels, Borne in a song to me,
O - ver the fields of glory, O - ver the jasper sea.

RefrainSafe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on his gentle breast,
There by his love o'er-shaded, Sweet - ly my soul shall rest.

2Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe from corroding care,
Safe from the world's temptations, Sin cannot harm me there.
Free from the blight of sorrow, Free from my doubts and fears;
On - ly a few more trials, On - ly a few more tears.

3Je - sus, my heart's dear refuge, Jesus has died for me;
Firm on the Rock of A - ges, Ev - er my trust shall be.
Here let me wait with patience, Wait till the night is o'er,
Wait till I see the morning Break on the golden shore.

Copyright, 1869, by W. H. Doane.

The verse

Meter
13.14.13.13
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on his gentle breast,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/13A
There by his love o'er-shaded, Sweet - ly my soul shall rest./˘˘/????/˘˘/˘/14A
Hark! 'tis the voice of angels, Borne in a song to me,//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘13B
O - ver the fields of glory, O - ver the jasper sea./˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/13B

Verse 2

Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe from corroding care,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/13A
Safe from the world's temptations, Sin cannot harm me there./˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/13A
Free from the blight of sorrow, Free from my doubts and fears;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/13B
On - ly a few more trials, On - ly a few more tears./˘˘///˘/˘˘///13C

Verse 3

Je - sus, my heart's dear refuge, Jesus has died for me;/˘˘///˘/˘˘/˘˘13A
Firm on the Rock of A - ges, Ev - er my trust shall be./˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘13A
Here let me wait with patience, Wait till the night is o'er,//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/13B
Wait till I see the morning Break on the golden shore.//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/13C

Refrain

Safe in the arms of Jesus, Safe on his gentle breast,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/13A
There by his love o'er-shaded, Sweet - ly my soul shall rest./˘˘/????/˘˘/˘/14A

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.