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Christ in Song 77

I Will Early Seek the Saviour

Words: F. E. BeldenMusic: F. E. Belden

1I will early seek the Saviour,
I will learn of Him each day;
I will follow in His footsteps,
I will walk the narrow way.

RefrainI will early seek that true way,
Early will I seek the Lord;
For He loves me, yes, He loves me,
This is why I love Him so.

2I will learn to love my Saviour,
I will learn to love His word;
I will learn to do His bidding,
I will learn to trust my Lord.

3I will early seek the Saviour,
In the morning of my days;
I will early seek the Saviour,
I will learn to speak His praise.

Words: F. E. Belden
Music: F. E. Belden
Scripture: Proverbs 8:17

Copyright, 1893, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter: 9.7.8.7
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 59% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCB

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I will early seek the Saviour,˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘9A

I will learn of Him each day;˘˘/˘˘//7B

I will follow in His footsteps,˘˘/˘˘˘//8C

I will walk the narrow way.˘˘/˘/˘/7B

Verse 2

I will learn to love my Saviour,˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘9A

I will learn to love His word;˘˘/˘/˘/7B

I will learn to do His bidding,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8C

I will learn to trust my Lord.˘˘/˘/˘/7D

Verse 3

I will early seek the Saviour,˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘9A

In the morning of my days;˘˘/˘˘˘/7B

I will early seek the Saviour,˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘9A

I will learn to speak His praise.˘˘/˘/˘/7B

Refrain

I will early seek that true way,˘˘/˘/˘//8A

Early will I seek the Lord;/˘˘˘/˘/7B

For He loves me, yes, He loves me,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8C

This is why I love Him so.˘˘/˘/˘˘7D

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.