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Hymns and Tunes 1876 223

Hark, my soul, it is the Lord

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1Hark, my soul, it is the Lord; 'Tis the Saviour; hear his word; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee; Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?

2I delivered thee when bound, And when wounded, healed thy wound; Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turned thy darkness into light.

3Can a mother's tender care Cease toward the child she bare? Yes, she may forgetful be, Yet will I remember thee.

4Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death.

5Thou shalt see my glory soon, When the work of grace is done; Partner of my throne shalt be; Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?

6Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love thee, and adore; Oh, for grace to love thee more!

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The verse

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iambic (da-DUM) · 35% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Hark, my soul, it is the Lord; 'Tis the Saviour; hear his word; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee; Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘////˘?/˘29A

Verse 2

I delivered thee when bound, And when wounded, healed thy wound; Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turned thy darkness into light.˘˘/˘///˘//˘//////˘˘//////˘/˘/29A

Verse 3

Can a mother's tender care Cease toward the child she bare? Yes, she may forgetful be, Yet will I remember thee.˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/28A

Verse 4

Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death./˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 5

Thou shalt see my glory soon, When the work of grace is done; Partner of my throne shalt be; Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me?///˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘//˘///˘?/˘28A

Verse 6

Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love thee, and adore; Oh, for grace to love thee more!/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘///28A

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.