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Christ in Song 400

LIFT HIM UP

Words: Johnson Oatman Jr.Music: H. L. Gilmour

Studio

1How to reach the mass-es, men of ev-'ry birth, For an an-swer Je-sus gave the key;
And I, if I be lift-ed up from the earth, Will draw all men un-to me.

RefrainLift him up, lift him up, Still he speaks from e-ter-ni-ty;
Lift him up, lift him up, And I'll draw all men to me.

2Lift him up, 'tis he that bids you, Lift the dy-ing, look and live;
Lift him up, the pre-cious Sav-ior, Bear the mes-sage God doth give;
Lift him up by liv-ing for him, Lift the Sav-ior up in prayer;
Lift him up by walk-ing with him, Show his love and ten-der care.

3Lift him up, for sin has taint-ed All the hearts of men that live;
Lift him up by sin-ners need-ed, He a-lone can save for-give;
Lift him up, the pre-cious Sav-ior, Bear the mes-sage God doth give.

The verse

Meter
20.18
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 62% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

How to reach the mass-es, men of ev-'ry birth, For an an-swer Je-sus gave the key;/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/20A
And I, if I be lift-ed up from the earth, Will draw all men un-to me.˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘////˘˘18A

Verse 2

Lift him up, 'tis he that bids you, Lift the dy-ing, look and live;/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
Lift him up, the pre-cious Sav-ior, Bear the mes-sage God doth give;/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///15B
Lift him up by liv-ing for him, Lift the Sav-ior up in prayer;/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/15C
Lift him up by walk-ing with him, Show his love and ten-der care./˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/15C

Verse 3

Lift him up, for sin has taint-ed All the hearts of men that live;/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
Lift him up by sin-ners need-ed, He a-lone can save for-give;/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15B
Lift him up, the pre-cious Sav-ior, Bear the mes-sage God doth give./˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///15B

Refrain

Lift him up, lift him up, Still he speaks from e-ter-ni-ty;/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘14A
Lift him up, lift him up, And I'll draw all men to me./˘˘/˘˘˘////˘˘13B

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.