Hymns and Tunes 1876 6
Lord, grant thy blessing here today
1Lord, grant thy blessing here today; Oh! give thy people joy and peace; The tokens of thy love display, And favor that shall never cease.
2We seek thy truth which Jesus bought; His path of light we long to tread; Here be his holy doctrine taught, And here their purest influence shed.
3May faith, and hope, and love, abound; Our sins and errors be forgiven; And we, from day to day, be found Children of God and heirs of Heaven.
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The verse
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- iambic (da-DUM) · 62% of beats fit
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Verse 1
Lord, grant thy blessing here today; Oh! give thy people joy and peace; The tokens of thy love display, And favor that shall never cease.////˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/32A
Verse 2
We seek thy truth which Jesus bought; His path of light we long to tread; Here be his holy doctrine taught, And here their purest influence shed.˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/33A
Verse 3
May faith, and hope, and love, abound; Our sins and errors be forgiven; And we, from day to day, be found Children of God and heirs of Heaven.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘/˘35A
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.