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Christ in Song 310

My Salvation, My All

Words: Joseph GriggMusic: E. LewisTune: Beulah8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8.

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1Thou, the true and living Way, All who come to God by thee, Are securely happy; they Have what others cannot see.

2Hidden manna they receive, They the living water taste; In thy life, as thou dost live, They are rooted, built, and placed.

3When at first thou dost appear, They their comfort in thy grace; Found before, when thou wast there, Now they know their dwelling place.

4Closer still to thee they move, Through thy Spirit they are led; And still more by faith they prove All that thou hast suffered.

5Comfort still their hearts possess, God shall all their wants supply; And still more they shall express Christ with them shall never die.

Tune
Beulah
Meter
8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8.
Scripture
John 14:6

The verse

Meter
28 · the hymnal prints 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8.
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Thou, the true and living Way, All who come to God by thee, Are securely happy; they Have what others cannot see./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 2

Hidden manna they receive, They the living water taste; In thy life, as thou dost live, They are rooted, built, and placed./˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘///˘˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 3

When at first thou dost appear, They their comfort in thy grace; Found before, when thou wast there, Now they know their dwelling place./˘///˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘///?//˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 4

Closer still to thee they move, Through thy Spirit they are led; And still more by faith they prove All that thou hast suffered./˘/˘/˘////˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘//˘///˘27A

Verse 5

Comfort still their hearts possess, God shall all their wants supply; And still more they shall express Christ with them shall never die./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/28A

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.