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Christ in Song 56

Showers of Blessing

Words: El NathanMusic: James McGranahan

Studio

1"There shall be show ers of bless ing:" This is the prom ise of love;
There shall be sea sons re fresh ing, Sent from the Sav iour a bove.

RefrainShow ers of bless ing, Show ers of bless ing we need:
Mer cy drops round us are fall ing, But for the show ers we plead.

2"There shall be show ers of bless ing" — Pre cious re viv ing a gain;
O ver the hills and the val leys, Sound of a bun dance of rain.

3"There shall be show ers of bless ing;" Send them up on us, O Lord;
Grant to us now a re fresh ing, Come, and now hon or Thy word.

4"There shall be show ers of bless ing;" O that to day they might fall,
Now as to God we're con fess ing, Now as on Je sus we call!

Scripture
Ezekiel 34:26

The verse

Meter
15.15
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 46% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"There shall be show ers of bless ing:" This is the prom ise of love;/˘˘//˘//˘˘˘//˘/15A
There shall be sea sons re fresh ing, Sent from the Sav iour a bove./˘˘//////˘˘??˘/15B

Verse 2

"There shall be show ers of bless ing" — Pre cious re viv ing a gain;/˘˘//˘///?///˘/15A
O ver the hills and the val leys, Sound of a bun dance of rain.˘/˘/˘˘///˘˘//˘/15A

Verse 3

"There shall be show ers of bless ing;" Send them up on us, O Lord;/˘˘//˘///˘˘˘˘˘/15A
Grant to us now a re fresh ing, Come, and now hon or Thy word./˘˘/˘////˘//˘//15B

Verse 4

"There shall be show ers of bless ing;" O that to day they might fall,/˘˘//˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/15A
Now as to God we're con fess ing, Now as on Je sus we call!/˘˘//////˘˘//˘/15A

Refrain

Show ers of bless ing, Show ers of bless ing we need://˘////˘//˘/12A
Mer cy drops round us are fall ing, But for the show ers we plead.////˘˘//˘˘˘//˘/15A

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.