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Christ in Song 249

Tis Shining Still

Words: S. R. L.Music: F. E. Belden

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1I heard a sweet sto-ry of Je-sus of old, How He walked by the sea, Where the wa-ters were blue,
How He gath-ered dis-ci-ples a-round Him so dear, And He taught them the way to the king-dom so true.

RefrainTis shin-ing still, this bless-ed light, That beams from His face so bright,
Tis shin-ing still, this bless-ed light, That beams from His face so bright.

2They knelt by the wa-ter's cool side, As they heard the glad mes-sage He brought them that day, They fol-lowed His foot-steps which shone like a far-
He told them the won-der-ful Word, By the side of the Lil-y-crowned shore where they stood, And of Him on the earth here be-low.

3The cross where my Sav-ior was cru-ci-fied, Still stands, and the prom-ise is giv-en still true,
That He will save all who will trust in His name, And His love and His mer-cy to all He'll re-new.

Words
S. R. L.

Copyright 1900. Used by permission.

The verse

Meter
23.24
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 32% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

I heard a sweet sto-ry of Je-sus of old, How He walked by the sea, Where the wa-ters were blue,˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/23A
How He gath-ered dis-ci-ples a-round Him so dear, And He taught them the way to the king-dom so true./˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/24A

Verse 2

They knelt by the wa-ter's cool side, As they heard the glad mes-sage He brought them that day, They fol-lowed His foot-steps which shone like a far-˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘//˘/31A
He told them the won-der-ful Word, By the side of the Lil-y-crowned shore where they stood, And of Him on the earth here be-low.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘????//˘/˘˘˘˘˘//˘/30B

Verse 3

The cross where my Sav-ior was cru-ci-fied, Still stands, and the prom-ise is giv-en still true,˘//˘/˘˘/˘///˘˘/˘˘/˘//21A
That He will save all who will trust in His name, And His love and His mer-cy to all He'll re-new.˘˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘/23A

Refrain

Tis shin-ing still, this bless-ed light, That beams from His face so bright,//˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘/14A
Tis shin-ing still, this bless-ed light, That beams from His face so bright.//˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘/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.