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Christ in Song 98

Nothing For Jesus

Words: Mrs. M. B. JonesMusic: W. J. Kirkpatrick

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1Nothing for Jesus! O fearful thought it;
Grateful to you you never seem to be;
Nothing for Jesus, when he has given All;
Nothing for Jesus, when you are rich and free.

RefrainNothing for Jesus! yet he died for you;
Nothing for Jesus! can this be true?
Nothing for Jesus, who gave all for thee!
Nothing for Jesus! O tell me say.

2Nothing for Jesus! O you youth and maiden, Have you no music for the ear?
Nothing for Jesus, you who own his riches;
Nothing for Jesus in your youth so dear.

3Nothing for Jesus! Let not standing, it would be
Something yet to repent, an aid to all; in vain;
Nothing for Jesus, when he gave all that he had;
Nothing for Jesus, when you know you're saved.

4Something for Jesus, Something for Jesus;
Let not another day pass by;
Something for Jesus, Something for Jesus;
He gave his all for you and I.

The verse

Meter
10.10.11.11
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 38% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Nothing for Jesus! O fearful thought it;/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘10A
Grateful to you you never seem to be;/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘˘10B
Nothing for Jesus, when he has given All;/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/11C
Nothing for Jesus, when you are rich and free./˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/11B

Verse 2

Nothing for Jesus! O you youth and maiden, Have you no music for the ear?/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘/19A
Nothing for Jesus, you who own his riches;/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘11B
Nothing for Jesus in your youth so dear./˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/10A

Verse 3

Nothing for Jesus! Let not standing, it would be/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘12A
Something yet to repent, an aid to all; in vain;/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/12B
Nothing for Jesus, when he gave all that he had;/˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘12C
Nothing for Jesus, when you know you're saved./˘˘/˘/˘///10D

Verse 4

Something for Jesus, Something for Jesus;/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘10A
Let not another day pass by;/˘˘/˘//˘8B
Something for Jesus, Something for Jesus;/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘10A
He gave his all for you and I.˘/˘/˘˘˘˘8B

Refrain

Nothing for Jesus! yet he died for you;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘10A
Nothing for Jesus! can this be true?/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/9A
Nothing for Jesus, who gave all for thee!/˘˘/˘˘//˘/10B
Nothing for Jesus! O tell me say./˘˘/˘˘/˘/9C

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.