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Christ in Song 239

Freely Give

Words: Fanny J. CrosbyMusic: Thos. E. Perkins

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1Would you win a Saviour's blessing? Freely, freely give; Work you see in work preparing; Freely, freely give; Like the dew on balm distilling, Freely, freely give; Love to want for souls that famish, Freely, freely give.

RefrainFreely, freely give, Freely, freely give, Freely, freely give, Freely, freely give.

2With a cheerful heart and willing, Freely, freely give; Use the talent He has given, Freely, freely give; Have you riches? Give you only; O how precious is to sight! Is your offering still be-quired; Freely, freely give.

3Would you drink of Christ's salvation? Freely, freely give; In the harvest of the Lord? There ye who find rest; Freely, freely give.

Copyright, 1879, by W. H. Doane. Used by permission

The verse

Meter
53
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trochaic (DUM-da) · 40% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Would you win a Saviour's blessing? Freely, freely give; Work you see in work preparing; Freely, freely give; Like the dew on balm distilling, Freely, freely give; Love to want for souls that famish, Freely, freely give.˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘??/˘/˘/53A

Verse 2

With a cheerful heart and willing, Freely, freely give; Use the talent He has given, Freely, freely give; Have you riches? Give you only; O how precious is to sight! Is your offering still be-quired; Freely, freely give.˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/???/˘/˘/55A

Verse 3

Would you drink of Christ's salvation? Freely, freely give; In the harvest of the Lord? There ye who find rest; Freely, freely give.˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘///˘///˘/˘/30A

Refrain

Freely, freely give, Freely, freely give, Freely, freely give, Freely, freely give./˘/˘//˘/˘//˘/˘//˘/˘/20A

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.