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Christ in Song 582

Be Not Afraid

Words: Miss A. E. HamiltonMusic: Geo. C. Stebbins

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1Be not afraid, ye saints of God; Press onward to the prize; Above the storms of earth abide The sunshine of the skies.

RefrainBe not afraid, be not afraid, He will your Helper be; Be not afraid, be not afraid, He will your Helper be.

2Be not afraid, though foes are strong And earth-born pleasures lure; The Captain of salvation still Doth make your triumph sure.

3Be not afraid, though dark the night, And distant seems the shore; Behind the clouds, however dark, The sun shines as before.

Scripture
Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 41:10

The verse

Meter
28
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 69% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Be not afraid, ye saints of God; Press onward to the prize; Above the storms of earth abide The sunshine of the skies.˘˘˘///˘///˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/28A

Verse 2

Be not afraid, though foes are strong And earth-born pleasures lure; The Captain of salvation still Doth make your triumph sure.˘˘˘///˘/˘??/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘/28A

Verse 3

Be not afraid, though dark the night, And distant seems the shore; Behind the clouds, however dark, The sun shines as before.˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘//˘˘/28A

Refrain

Be not afraid, be not afraid, He will your Helper be; Be not afraid, be not afraid, He will your Helper be.˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘28A

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.