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Hymns and Tunes 1876 131

To-day the Savior calls!

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1To-day the Savior calls! Ye wanderers, come! O ye benighted souls, Why longer roam?

2To-day the Savior calls! Oh! listen now; Within these sacred walls, To Jesus bow.

3To-day the Savior calls! For mercy flee; For all the guilty calls; Must guilty be.

4To-day the Savior calls! For refuge fly; The storm of vengeance falls; Him is nigh.

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To-day (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #414)

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The verse

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21
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 67% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

To-day the Savior calls! Ye wanderers, come! O ye benighted souls, Why longer roam?˘/˘/˘///˘˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/21A

Verse 2

To-day the Savior calls! Oh! listen now; Within these sacred walls, To Jesus bow.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/20A

Verse 3

To-day the Savior calls! For mercy flee; For all the guilty calls; Must guilty be.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘20A

Verse 4

To-day the Savior calls! For refuge fly; The storm of vengeance falls; Him is nigh.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/19A

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.