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Christ in Song 379

SOMETHING FOR JESUS

Words: S. D. PhelpsMusic: Rev. Robert Lowry

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1Sav-ior! thy dy-ing love Thou gav-est me,
Nor should I aught with-hold, Dear Lord, from thee;
In love my soul would bow, My heart ful-fill its vow,
Some off-'ring bring thee now, Some-thing for thee.

2At the blest mer-cy seat, Plead-ing for me,
My fee-ble faith looks up, Je-sus, to thee;
Help me the cross to bear, Thy wond-rous love de-clare,
Some song to raise, or pray'r, Some-thing for thee.

3Give me a faith-ful heart, Like-ness to thee,
That each de-part-ing day Hence-forth may see
Some work of love be-gun, Some deed of kind-ness done,
Some wan-d'rer sought and won, Some-thing for thee.

4All that I am and have, Thy gifts so free,
In joy, in grief, thro' life, Dear Lord, for thee!
And when thy face I see, My ran-somed soul shall be
Thro' all e-ter-ni-ty, Some-thing for thee.

The verse

Meter
10.10.12.10
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 55% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Sav-ior! thy dy-ing love Thou gav-est me,/˘//˘///˘˘10A
Nor should I aught with-hold, Dear Lord, from thee;˘˘˘/˘///˘/10A
In love my soul would bow, My heart ful-fill its vow,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12B
Some off-'ring bring thee now, Some-thing for thee./??////˘˘/10A

Verse 2

At the blest mer-cy seat, Plead-ing for me,˘˘//˘//˘˘˘10A
My fee-ble faith looks up, Je-sus, to thee;˘/˘//˘/˘˘/10A
Help me the cross to bear, Thy wond-rous love de-clare,/˘˘/˘///˘/˘/12B
Some song to raise, or pray'r, Some-thing for thee.//˘/˘?/˘˘/10A

Verse 3

Give me a faith-ful heart, Like-ness to thee,/˘˘/˘//˘˘/10A
That each de-part-ing day Hence-forth may see˘/˘/˘///˘/10A
Some work of love be-gun, Some deed of kind-ness done,//˘/˘///˘/˘/12B
Some wan-d'rer sought and won, Some-thing for thee./??/˘//˘˘/10A

Verse 4

All that I am and have, Thy gifts so free,/˘˘˘˘˘//˘/10A
In joy, in grief, thro' life, Dear Lord, for thee!˘/˘/////˘/10A
And when thy face I see, My ran-somed soul shall be˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘12A
Thro' all e-ter-ni-ty, Some-thing for thee.//˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A

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.