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Christ in Song 577

JEWELS

Words: Rev. W. O. CushingMusic: Geo. F. Root

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1"And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels." - Mal. 3:17.
When He cometh, when He cometh To make up his jew-els, All his precious ones up-on that loved and his own,
He will gath-er, He will gath-er The gems for his king-dom; All the pure ones, all the bright ones, His loved and his own.

RefrainCHORUS:
Lit-tle ones to him belong, They are weak, but he is strong; They shall stand a-mong his jew-els, Bright gems for his crown.

Scripture
Mal. 3:17

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The verse

Meter
21.26.27
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 46% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABB
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Verse 1

"And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels." - Mal. 3:17.˘˘˘˘/?˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘/21A
When He cometh, when He cometh To make up his jew-els, All his precious ones up-on that loved and his own,/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/26B
He will gath-er, He will gath-er The gems for his king-dom; All the pure ones, all the bright ones, His loved and his own.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘///˘//˘/˘˘/27B

Refrain

CHORUS:/˘2A
Lit-tle ones to him belong, They are weak, but he is strong; They shall stand a-mong his jew-els, Bright gems for his crown./˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/27B

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.