Skip to content

A copy of Advent Hymnals. Open this page on adventhymnals.org →

Advent Hymnals

Hymns and Tunes 1876 140

With joy we meditate the grace

Studio

1With joy we meditate the grace Of our High Priest above; His heart is made of tenderness, His bowels glow with love.

2Touched with a sympathy within, He knows our feeble frame; He knows what sore temptations mean, For he has felt the same.

3He, in the days of feeble flesh, Poured out his cries and tears; And in his measure feels afresh What every member bears.

4Then let our humble faith address His mercy and his power; We shall obtain deliv'ring grace In the distressing hour.

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
29
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 33% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

With joy we meditate the grace Of our High Priest above; His heart is made of tenderness, His bowels glow with love.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/29A

Verse 2

Touched with a sympathy within, He knows our feeble frame; He knows what sore temptations mean, For he has felt the same./˘˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/29A

Verse 3

He, in the days of feeble flesh, Poured out his cries and tears; And in his measure feels afresh What every member bears.˘˘˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/29A

Verse 4

Then let our humble faith address His mercy and his power; We shall obtain deliv'ring grace In the distressing hour.///˘/˘///˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/???/˘˘˘/˘/˘31A

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.