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Christ in Song 243

More of Jesus

Words: E. E. HewittMusic: Jno. R. Sweney

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1More of Je-sus would I know, More of His grace to oth-ers show;
More of His sav-ing full-ness see, More of His love who died for me.

RefrainMore, more of Je-sus, More, more of Je-sus;
More of His sav-ing full-ness see, More of His love who died for me.

2More of Je-sus let me learn, More of His ho-ly will dis-cern;
Spir-it of God, my teach-er be, Show-ing the things of Christ to me.

3More of His sav-ing word of truth, More of His love that guards my youth;
More of His bless-ed pres-ence bright, More of His king-dom's ho-ly light.

4More of His com-ing in the skies, More hope when earth-ly com-fort dies;
More of His soon ap-pear-ing here, More of His glo-ry shall ap-pear.

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The verse

Meter
15.16
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 33% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

More of Je-sus would I know, More of His grace to oth-ers show;/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/15A
More of His sav-ing full-ness see, More of His love who died for me./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘16B

Verse 2

More of Je-sus let me learn, More of His ho-ly will dis-cern;/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/15A
Spir-it of God, my teach-er be, Show-ing the things of Christ to me./˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘16B

Verse 3

More of His sav-ing word of truth, More of His love that guards my youth;/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/16A
More of His bless-ed pres-ence bright, More of His king-dom's ho-ly light./˘˘//˘//˘˘/˘/˘/15B

Verse 4

More of His com-ing in the skies, More hope when earth-ly com-fort dies;/˘˘/˘˘˘/////˘/˘/16A
More of His soon ap-pear-ing here, More of His glo-ry shall ap-pear./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/16B

Refrain

More, more of Je-sus, More, more of Je-sus;//˘/˘//˘/˘10A
More of His sav-ing full-ness see, More of His love who died for me./˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘16B

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.