Christ in Song 357
SAFELY THRO' ANOTHER WEEK
Words: John NewtonMusic: Lowell Mason
1Safely through another week
God has brought us on our way;
Let us now a blessing seek,
Waiting in His courts today;
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.
2While we pray for pardoning grace,
Through the dear Redeemer's name,
Show Thy reconciling face,
Take away our sin and shame;
From our worldly cares set free,
May we rest this day in Thee.
- Words
- John Newton
- Music
- Lowell Mason
- Also sung to
- Sabbath (SDA Hymnal #384, Hymns and Tunes 1886 #244)
The verse
- Meter
- 7.8.7.7.7.7
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 62% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABABCC
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Safely through another week/˘/˘/˘/7A
God has brought us on our way;/˘/˘˘/˘/8B
Let us now a blessing seek,/˘/˘/˘/7A
Waiting in His courts today;/˘˘˘/˘/7B
Day of all the week the best,/˘/˘/˘/7C
Emblem of eternal rest./˘˘˘/˘/7C
Verse 2
While we pray for pardoning grace,/˘/˘/˘˘/8A
Through the dear Redeemer's name,/˘/???/7B
Show Thy reconciling face,///˘/˘/7A
Take away our sin and shame;/˘//˘/˘/8B
From our worldly cares set free,˘/˘/˘///8C
May we rest this day in Thee.˘˘/˘/˘/7C
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.