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Christ in Song 396

RESCUE THE PERISHING

Words: Fanny J. CrosbyMusic: W. H. Doane

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1Res-cue the per-ish-ing, Care for the dy-ing, Snatch them in pit-y from sin and the grave;
Weep o'er the err-ing one, Lift up the fall-en, Tell them of Je-sus, the might-y to save.

RefrainRes-cue the per-ish-ing, Care for the dy-ing; Je-sus is mer-ci-ful, Je-sus will save.

2Tho' they are slight-ing him, Still he is wait-ing, Wait-ing the pen-i-tent child to re-ceive;
Plead with them ear-nest-ly, Plead with them gen-tly, He will for-give if they on-ly be-lieve.

3Down in the hu-man heart, Crushed by the tempt-er, Feel-ings lie bur-ied that grace can re-store;
Touched by a lov-ing heart, Wak-ened by kind-ness, Chords that are bro-ken will vi-brate once more.

The verse

Meter
21.21
Foot
anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 38% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Res-cue the per-ish-ing, Care for the dy-ing, Snatch them in pit-y from sin and the grave;/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/21A
Weep o'er the err-ing one, Lift up the fall-en, Tell them of Je-sus, the might-y to save.//˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/21A

Verse 2

Tho' they are slight-ing him, Still he is wait-ing, Wait-ing the pen-i-tent child to re-ceive;/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/21A
Plead with them ear-nest-ly, Plead with them gen-tly, He will for-give if they on-ly be-lieve./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/21A

Verse 3

Down in the hu-man heart, Crushed by the tempt-er, Feel-ings lie bur-ied that grace can re-store;/˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/21A
Touched by a lov-ing heart, Wak-ened by kind-ness, Chords that are bro-ken will vi-brate once more./˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//21A

Refrain

Res-cue the per-ish-ing, Care for the dy-ing; Je-sus is mer-ci-ful, Je-sus will save./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/21A

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.