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Christ in Song 407

FREELY GIVE

Words: Fanny J. CrosbyMusic: Thos. E. Perkins

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1Would you win a Savior's blessing? Freely, freely give;
Would you win a cheerful heart and willing hands? Freely, freely give;
Live to point the poor to glory, freely, freely give.

RefrainFreely, freely give;
Freely, freely give;
There is the deed to the word;
Freely, freely give.

2Would you have the sweetest flowers blooming in your way?
Have you hills? Give your sunshine
Would you gain a friend in Jesus? Freely, freely give.

3Would you have a song of gladness echoing all the day?
Have you hills? Give your sunshine
O how precious is the sight! If your offering will be blessed;
In the harvest of the Lord! Freely, freely give.

Scripture
Matthew 10:8

The verse

Meter
13.16.13
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 51% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Would you win a Savior's blessing? Freely, freely give;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/13A
Would you win a cheerful heart and willing hands? Freely, freely give;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/16A
Live to point the poor to glory, freely, freely give./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/13A

Verse 2

Would you have the sweetest flowers blooming in your way?˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/13A
Have you hills? Give your sunshine˘˘//˘//7B
Would you gain a friend in Jesus? Freely, freely give.˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/13C

Verse 3

Would you have a song of gladness echoing all the day?˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/14A
Have you hills? Give your sunshine˘˘//˘//7B
O how precious is the sight! If your offering will be blessed;˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/15C
In the harvest of the Lord! Freely, freely give.˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/12D

Refrain

Freely, freely give;/˘/˘/5A
Freely, freely give;/˘/˘/5A
There is the deed to the word;/˘˘/˘˘/7B
Freely, freely give./˘/˘/5A

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.