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Hymns and Tunes 1876 134

Faith, keep distances and depths in sight

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1Faith, keep distances and depths in sight, O thou, my God, I trust my case If thou shouldst all my help forsake, No flesh can stand before thine eyes.

2But thou hast built thy throne of grace, Dispensing pardons freely here; That sinners may approach thy face, And hope and love, as well as fear.

3As the benighted pilgrims wait, And long and wish for breaking day, So waits my soul before thy gate; When will my God his face display?

4My trust is fixed upon thy word, Nor shall I trust thy word in vain; Let mourning souls address the Lord, And find relief from all their pain.

5His love is great, and large his grace, Through the redemption of his Son; He turns our feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done.

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The verse

Meter
33
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 50% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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Verse 1

Faith, keep distances and depths in sight, O thou, my God, I trust my case If thou shouldst all my help forsake, No flesh can stand before thine eyes.///˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/?/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///33A

Verse 2

But thou hast built thy throne of grace, Dispensing pardons freely here; That sinners may approach thy face, And hope and love, as well as fear.˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 3

As the benighted pilgrims wait, And long and wish for breaking day, So waits my soul before thy gate; When will my God his face display?˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘////˘˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 4

My trust is fixed upon thy word, Nor shall I trust thy word in vain; Let mourning souls address the Lord, And find relief from all their pain.˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘///˘///˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 5

His love is great, and large his grace, Through the redemption of his Son; He turns our feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/34A

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.