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Christ in Song 284

How Endless Is Thy Love!

Words: Joseph StennettMusic: Dr. CroftTune: Hanover10s

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1How endless is thy love, Lord Jesus, how divine! My soul transported with the thought, Cries out, 'My Lord is mine!'

2I'd speak thy wondrous acts of love, But find so vast the theme, I could as well count all the stars, Or drink the ocean's stream.

3A thousand new-born worlds like this, In order set on high, Would quickly be too small to hold A single act of thine.

4Yet morning shall awake my song, And evening shall the story tell; Though life its total length prolong, 'Twill be of thee, Emmanuel!

Meter
10s
Scripture
John 3:16

The verse

Meter
26 · the hymnal prints 10s
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 70% of beats fit
Rhyme
A

Could also be sung to Old 124th, Ellers, Terra Patris · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.

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Verse 1

How endless is thy love, Lord Jesus, how divine! My soul transported with the thought, Cries out, 'My Lord is mine!'//˘˘////˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘/˘/26A

Verse 2

I'd speak thy wondrous acts of love, But find so vast the theme, I could as well count all the stars, Or drink the ocean's stream.////˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 3

A thousand new-born worlds like this, In order set on high, Would quickly be too small to hold A single act of thine.˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 4

Yet morning shall awake my song, And evening shall the story tell; Though life its total length prolong, 'Twill be of thee, Emmanuel!//˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘32A

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.