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Christ in Song 272

I've Found the Pearl

Words: Jno. DunbarMusic: Chas. P. Jones

1I have found the Pearl of greatest val-ue, Lost the dear joy for which I'd paid the cost;
I have found the Pearl of greatest val-ue, Nothing but good can-not be lost;
I have found the Pearl of great-est val-ue, Peace and joy, My all in all.

RefrainI've found the Pearl of great-est val-ue, God has giv-en me the Pearl of great-est val-ue!

2I have found my rest in Je-sus on-ly, I hold my sure-ty,
I have found my rest in Je-sus on-ly, Sav-ior, I love and trust and stay;
I have found my rest in Je-sus on-ly, Let me talk as sav-ior-ly.

Words: Jno. Dunbar
Music: Chas. P. Jones
Scripture: Matthew 13:46

The verse

Meter: 20.18.17
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 58% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABC

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Verse 1

I have found the Pearl of greatest val-ue, Lost the dear joy for which I'd paid the cost;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘//˘/20A

I have found the Pearl of greatest val-ue, Nothing but good can-not be lost;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/18B

I have found the Pearl of great-est val-ue, Peace and joy, My all in all.˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/17C

Verse 2

I have found my rest in Je-sus on-ly, I hold my sure-ty,˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘16A

I have found my rest in Je-sus on-ly, Sav-ior, I love and trust and stay;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/18B

I have found my rest in Je-sus on-ly, Let me talk as sav-ior-ly.˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘17C

Refrain

I've found the Pearl of great-est val-ue, God has giv-en me the Pearl of great-est val-ue!//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘21A

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.