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Christ in Song 66

Showers of Blessing

Words: El NathanMusic: James McGranahan

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1"There shall be showers of blessing:" This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing, Sent from the Saviour above.

RefrainShowers of blessing, Showers of blessing we need:
Mercy-drops round us are falling, But for the showers we plead.

2"There shall be showers of blessing"— Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys, Sound of abundance of rain.

3"There shall be showers of blessing:" Send them upon us, O Lord;
Grant to us now a refreshing, Come, and now honor Thy Word.

4"There shall be showers of blessing:" Oh, that today they might fall,
Now as to God we're confessing, Now as on Jesus we call!

Scripture
Ezekiel 34:26

Copyright, 1883, by James McGranahan.

The verse

Meter
15.16
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 38% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"There shall be showers of blessing:" This is the promise of love;/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/15A
There shall be seasons refreshing, Sent from the Saviour above./˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/16A

Verse 2

"There shall be showers of blessing"— Precious reviving again;/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/15A
Over the hills and the valleys, Sound of abundance of rain./˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/15B

Verse 3

"There shall be showers of blessing:" Send them upon us, O Lord;/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/15A
Grant to us now a refreshing, Come, and now honor Thy Word./˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘//15B

Verse 4

"There shall be showers of blessing:" Oh, that today they might fall,/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘/15A
Now as to God we're confessing, Now as on Jesus we call!/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/15A

Refrain

Showers of blessing, Showers of blessing we need:/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/12A
Mercy-drops round us are falling, But for the showers 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.