Christ in Song 258
Jesus Is Mine
Words: Mrs. C. H. MorrisMusic: J. E. Thomas
1Fade, fade, each earth-ly joy, Je-sus is mine! Break ev-'ry
Dark is the wil-der-ness, earth has no rest-ing place, Je-sus a-lone can bless, Je-sus is mine!
RefrainJe-sus is mine! Je-sus is mine! Je-sus is mine!
2Fare-well, ye dreams of night, Je-sus is mine! Lost in this
tem-der, glo-rious light, sun-set at noon day bright, Je-sus is mine!
3Fare-well, mor-tal-i-ty, Je-sus is mine! Wel-come, e-ter-ni-ty, Je-sus is mine!
- Words
- Mrs. C. H. Morris
- Music
- J. E. Thomas
Used by permission.
The verse
- Meter
- 13.22
- Foot
- dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 47% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Fade, fade, each earth-ly joy, Je-sus is mine! Break ev-'ry////˘//˘˘///˘13A
Dark is the wil-der-ness, earth has no rest-ing place, Je-sus a-lone can bless, Je-sus is mine!/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/22B
Verse 2
Fare-well, ye dreams of night, Je-sus is mine! Lost in this////˘//˘˘//˘˘13A
tem-der, glo-rious light, sun-set at noon day bright, Je-sus is mine!??/˘˘///˘////˘˘/16B
Verse 3
Fare-well, mor-tal-i-ty, Je-sus is mine! Wel-come, e-ter-ni-ty, Je-sus is mine!//˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/20A
Refrain
Je-sus is mine! Je-sus is mine! Je-sus is mine!/˘˘//˘˘//˘˘/12A
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.