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Christ in Song 46

Jesus Saves

Words: Priscilla J. OwensMusic: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick

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1"Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved."—Rom. 10: 13. We have heard the joy - ful sound: Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Spread the ti - dings all a - round: Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves!

RefrainGive the winds a might - y voice, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Let the na - tions now re - joice, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Shout sal - va - tion full and free, High - est hills and deep - est caves, This our song of vic - to - ry, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves!

2Wait it on the roll - ing tide: Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Tell to sin - ners, far and wide, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Sing, ye is - lands of the sea, Ech - o back, ye o - cean caves, Earth shall keep her ju - bi - lee: Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves!

3Sing a - bove the bat - tle strife, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! By his death and end - less life, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Sing it soft - ly thro' the gloom, When the heart for mer - cy craves; Sing in tri - umph o'er the tomb, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves!

Scripture
Rom. 10:13

Used by arr. of Jno. J. Hood, owner of copyright

The verse

Meter
43
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

"Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved."—Rom. 10: 13. We have heard the joy - ful sound: Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Spread the ti - dings all a - round: Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves!/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/43A

Verse 2

Wait it on the roll - ing tide: Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Tell to sin - ners, far and wide, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Sing, ye is - lands of the sea, Ech - o back, ye o - cean caves, Earth shall keep her ju - bi - lee: Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves!/˘˘˘/˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/˘//˘//˘////˘˘˘//˘///˘//˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/53A

Verse 3

Sing a - bove the bat - tle strife, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! By his death and end - less life, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Sing it soft - ly thro' the gloom, When the heart for mer - cy craves; Sing in tri - umph o'er the tomb, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves!/˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘//˘/53A

Refrain

Give the winds a might - y voice, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Let the na - tions now re - joice, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves! Shout sal - va - tion full and free, High - est hills and deep - est caves, This our song of vic - to - ry, Je - sus saves! Je - sus saves!/˘/˘/˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘//˘/54A

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.