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Christ in Song 571

ONE SWEETLY SOLEMN THOUGHT

Words: Phoebe CaryMusic: Philip Phillips

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1"Now when Jesus was come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?" - Matt. 16:13.
One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer to my home to-day, Than I've been be-fore;
Nearer my Father's house, Where many mansions be; Nearer the throne where Jesus sits, Nearer the crys-tal sea.

RefrainNear-er my home, Near-er my home, Near-er my home am I,
Used by per-mission of Messrs. Firth & Pond for vocal purposes of worshipping.

2Nearer my cross, where Jesus died, Nearer to Calvary's hill;
There Jesus bled and died for me, Still nearer to his will.

Scripture
Matt. 16:13

The verse

Meter
38.26.26
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 40% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"Now when Jesus was come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I the Son of man am?" - Matt. 16:13.///˘˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘˘/˘/˘/38A
One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer to my home to-day, Than I've been be-fore;//˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/26B
Nearer my Father's house, Where many mansions be; Nearer the throne where Jesus sits, Nearer the crys-tal sea./˘˘/˘///˘/˘˘/˘˘///˘//˘˘/˘/26C

Verse 2

Nearer my cross, where Jesus died, Nearer to Calvary's hill;/˘˘///˘//˘˘/˘˘/15A
There Jesus bled and died for me, Still nearer to his will.//˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘˘˘14A

Refrain

Near-er my home, Near-er my home, Near-er my home am I,/˘˘//˘˘//˘˘/˘˘14A
Used by per-mission of Messrs. Firth & Pond for vocal purposes of worshipping./˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘20B

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.