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Christ in Song 15

Able to Deliver

Words: Rev. J. H. StocktonMusic: Enos L. Martin

Studio

1Able to deliver, able to atone; Is there any power can really by? Able to de - liver! can it real - ly be? Are you trusting? Don't you see? all save the won?

RefrainAble to de - liver, Able to save, When you are, my Brother, A - ble to de - liver.

2Able to de - liver me from Satan's chain? Tell me, tell me tru - ly, is the Christ once slain Able to de - liver me from Satan's chain? Give me her sad ading, be - ly for the saint?

Scripture
Dan. 3:17

Copyright, 1896, by Enos L. Martin

The verse

Meter
43
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 38% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Able to deliver, able to atone; Is there any power can really by? Able to de - liver! can it real - ly be? Are you trusting? Don't you see? all save the won?/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘///˘/43A

Verse 2

Able to de - liver me from Satan's chain? Tell me, tell me tru - ly, is the Christ once slain Able to de - liver me from Satan's chain? Give me her sad ading, be - ly for the saint?/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘////˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/44A

Refrain

Able to de - liver, Able to save, When you are, my Brother, A - ble to de - liver./˘˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘22A

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.