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Christ in Song 415

Moment by Moment

Music: J. R. Sartain

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1Moment by moment, I'm kept in His love; Moment by moment, I've life from above, Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine; Moment by moment, O Lord, I am thine.

RefrainMoment by moment, I'm kept in His love; Moment by moment, Helper is He; Moment by moment, I'm kept in His love; Moment by moment, I'm kept in His love.

2Why for the bless-ing as-sus-ing thou? Answer ye at - so, sweet is thy toil; Why should his pre-sence so strangely con-found? What is the ask-ing, the fire? Why shall thy pre-sence so strangely con-found? What is the ask-ing, the fire?

3Why should his pre-sence so strangely con-found? What is the ask-ing, the fire, Why shall thy pre-sence so strangely con-found? What is the ask-ing, the fire?

Copyright, 1896, by J. R. Sartain.

The verse

Meter
40
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

Moment by moment, I'm kept in His love; Moment by moment, I've life from above, Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine; Moment by moment, O Lord, I am thine./˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘//˘///˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/40A

Verse 2

Why for the bless-ing as-sus-ing thou? Answer ye at - so, sweet is thy toil; Why should his pre-sence so strangely con-found? What is the ask-ing, the fire? Why shall thy pre-sence so strangely con-found? What is the ask-ing, the fire?/˘˘/˘???//˘/??/˘///˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘54A

Verse 3

Why should his pre-sence so strangely con-found? What is the ask-ing, the fire, Why shall thy pre-sence so strangely con-found? What is the ask-ing, the fire?/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘36A

Refrain

Moment by moment, I'm kept in His love; Moment by moment, Helper is He; Moment by moment, I'm kept in His love; Moment by moment, I'm kept in His love./˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘//˘˘/39A

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.