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Hymns and Tunes 1876 60

Holy Bible! book divine!

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1Holy Bible! book divine! Precious treasure, thou art mine ! Mine, to tell me whence I came; Mine, to teach me what I am.

2Mine, to chide me when I rove; Mine, to show a Savior's love; Mine, art thou to guide my feet; Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit.

3Mine, to comfort in distress, If the Holy Spirit bless; Mine, to show, by living faith, Man can triumph over death.

4Mine, to tell of joys to come, And the rebel sinner's doom; O thou precious Book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine !

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The verse

Meter
28
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Holy Bible! book divine! Precious treasure, thou art mine ! Mine, to tell me whence I came; Mine, to teach me what I am./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘////˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘˘˘28A

Verse 2

Mine, to chide me when I rove; Mine, to show a Savior's love; Mine, art thou to guide my feet; Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘////˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 3

Mine, to comfort in distress, If the Holy Spirit bless; Mine, to show, by living faith, Man can triumph over death./˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/28A

Verse 4

Mine, to tell of joys to come, And the rebel sinner's doom; O thou precious Book divine, Precious treasure, thou art mine !/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘//˘/˘///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.