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Hymns and Tunes 1876 31

Praise to Him by whose kind favor

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1Praise to Him by whose kind favor Heavenly truth has reached our eyes; May its sweet reviving savor Fill our hearts, and calm our fears.

2Truth! how sacred is the treasure! Teach us, Lord, its worth to know; Vain the hope, and short the pleasure, Which the sons of earth below.

3What of truth we have been hearing, Fix, O Lord, in every heart; In the day of thine appearing, May we share the people's part.

4Till we leave this world forever, May we live beneath thine eye; This our aim, our sole endeavor, Thine to live, and thine to die.

Also sung to
Wilmot (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #277)

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The verse

Meter
34
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Praise to Him by whose kind favor Heavenly truth has reached our eyes; May its sweet reviving savor Fill our hearts, and calm our fears./˘˘˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘//˘/34A

Verse 2

Truth! how sacred is the treasure! Teach us, Lord, its worth to know; Vain the hope, and short the pleasure, Which the sons of earth below.///˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/30A

Verse 3

What of truth we have been hearing, Fix, O Lord, in every heart; In the day of thine appearing, May we share the people's part.˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/31A

Verse 4

Till we leave this world forever, May we live beneath thine eye; This our aim, our sole endeavor, Thine to live, and thine to die./˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/32A

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.