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Christ in Song 381

WORKING, O CHRIST, WITH THEE

Words: UnknownMusic: A. J. Gordon

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1Work-ing, O Christ, with thee, Work-ing with thee;
I know that thy glo-ry will shine on me, Work-ing with thee;
Sav-ior, my heart with thee, Work-ing with thee,
As work of thine calls for me, Can nev-er be Na-tion or Na-tion.

RefrainOur all to thee we give, For thee a-lone we live,
Thy pow'r and love re-ceive from thee; For thou hast wrought in us
Thy glo-ry-show-ing thru us, We praise thee, and a-dore thee.

2Work-ing, O Christ, with thee, Work-ing with thee;
I know that thy might wil at-tend on me, Work-ing with thee;
Sav-ior, my heart with thee, Work-ing with thee,
As work of thine calls for me, Can nev-er be Na-tion or Na-tion.

3Work-ing, O Christ, with thee, Work-ing with thee;
I know that thy love will de-scend on me, Work-ing with thee;
Sav-ior, my heart with thee, Work-ing with thee,
As work of thine calls for me, Can nev-er be Na-tion or Na-tion.

Words
Unknown

The verse

Meter
10.14.10.16
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 40% of beats fit
Rhyme
AAAB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Work-ing, O Christ, with thee, Work-ing with thee;/˘˘/˘//˘˘/10A
I know that thy glo-ry will shine on me, Work-ing with thee;˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/14A
Sav-ior, my heart with thee, Work-ing with thee,/˘˘/˘//˘˘/10A
As work of thine calls for me, Can nev-er be Na-tion or Na-tion.˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘16B

Verse 2

Work-ing, O Christ, with thee, Work-ing with thee;/˘˘/˘//˘˘/10A
I know that thy might wil at-tend on me, Work-ing with thee;˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/14A
Sav-ior, my heart with thee, Work-ing with thee,/˘˘/˘//˘˘/10A
As work of thine calls for me, Can nev-er be Na-tion or Na-tion.˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘16B

Verse 3

Work-ing, O Christ, with thee, Work-ing with thee;/˘˘/˘//˘˘/10A
I know that thy love will de-scend on me, Work-ing with thee;˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/14A
Sav-ior, my heart with thee, Work-ing with thee,/˘˘/˘//˘˘/10A
As work of thine calls for me, Can nev-er be Na-tion or Na-tion.˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘16B

Refrain

Our all to thee we give, For thee a-lone we live,/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/13A
Thy pow'r and love re-ceive from thee; For thou hast wrought in us//˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘14B
Thy glo-ry-show-ing thru us, We praise thee, and a-dore thee./????/˘˘//˘˘//14C

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.