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Christ in Song 360

HOW SWEET!

Words: Mrs. PhelanMusic: E. M. Koscher

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1How sweet it is this eve-ning, The peace of Je-sus o'er us,
The love of God sur-round-ing, The Ho-ly Spir-it near us;
To rest our souls in thought of thee, And feel thy love and sweet re-pose,
For thou art light and life to me, And more than all the world be-stows.

2How sweet to know that Je-sus, Our pre-cious Lord and Sav-ior,
Is wait-ing to re-ceive us, With his e-ter-nal fa-vor;
That when this earth-ly pil-grim-age, And all its cares shall end,
We'll dwell with him through-out the age, Our dear-est, best-est Friend.

The verse

Meter
14.14.17.16
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

How sweet it is this eve-ning, The peace of Je-sus o'er us,//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘14A
The love of God sur-round-ing, The Ho-ly Spir-it near us;˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘14A
To rest our souls in thought of thee, And feel thy love and sweet re-pose,˘//˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/17B
For thou art light and life to me, And more than all the world be-stows.˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/16B

Verse 2

How sweet to know that Je-sus, Our pre-cious Lord and Sav-ior,//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘15A
Is wait-ing to re-ceive us, With his e-ter-nal fa-vor;˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘14B
That when this earth-ly pil-grim-age, And all its cares shall end,˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/14C
We'll dwell with him through-out the age, Our dear-est, best-est Friend.//˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/15C

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.