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Christ in Song 300

I'll Live for Him

Words: R. E. HudsonMusic: C. R. Dunbar8, 7, 8, 7, D.

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1My life, my love, I give to thee, Thou Lamb of God who died for me; O may I ever faithful be, My Savior and my God!

RefrainI'll live for him who died for me, How happy then my life shall be! I'll live for him who died for me, My Savior and my God!

2I now believe thou dost receive, For thou hast died that I might live; And now henceforth I'll trust in thee, My Savior and my God!

3O thou who died on Calvary, To rid my soul of one dark blot, And to fulfill thy law in me, My Savior and my God!

Meter
8, 7, 8, 7, D.
Scripture
2 Corinthians 5:15

The verse

Meter
30 · the hymnal prints 8, 7, 8, 7, D.
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 67% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

My life, my love, I give to thee, Thou Lamb of God who died for me; O may I ever faithful be, My Savior and my God!˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/30A

Verse 2

I now believe thou dost receive, For thou hast died that I might live; And now henceforth I'll trust in thee, My Savior and my God!˘/˘///˘/˘///˘˘˘/˘/////˘/˘/˘˘˘/30A

Verse 3

O thou who died on Calvary, To rid my soul of one dark blot, And to fulfill thy law in me, My Savior and my God!˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘///˘˘˘/˘˘˘/30A

Refrain

I'll live for him who died for me, How happy then my life shall be! I'll live for him who died for me, My Savior and my God!//˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/30A

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.