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Hymns and Tunes 1886 162

Let thy Spirit, blessed Saviour

Words: AnonMusic: D. E. JonesTune: Stockwell8s & 7s

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1Let thy Spirit, blessed Saviour,
Come and bid our doubtings cease;
Come, O, come with love and favor,
Fill us all with joy and peace.

2Fearful dangers are around us,
Satan watches to destroy;
Lord, our foes would fain confound us;
O, for thy might employ!

3On thy word and souls subsisting,
Taught by thee, thy name we love;
Sweet'st of all names is Jesus;
How it doth our spirits move!

4Let us not, O Lord, be weary
Of thy roughness of the way;
Though the road be often dreary,
Thou shalt drive our fears away.

Words
Anon
Meter
8s & 7s

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The verse

Meter
8.7.8.7 · as printed
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 72% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABAB

Could also be sung to Rathbun, Birabus, Hinman, Shirley, St Joseph · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Let thy Spirit, blessed Saviour,///˘//˘˘8A
Come and bid our doubtings cease;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Come, O, come with love and favor,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Fill us all with joy and peace./˘/˘/˘/7B

Verse 2

Fearful dangers are around us,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8A
Satan watches to destroy;/˘/˘˘˘/7B
Lord, our foes would fain confound us;/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
O, for thy might employ!˘˘/˘˘/6B

Verse 3

On thy word and souls subsisting,˘//˘/˘/˘8A
Taught by thee, thy name we love;/˘///˘/7B
Sweet'st of all names is Jesus;?˘//˘/˘7C
How it doth our spirits move!/˘/˘/˘/7D

Verse 4

Let us not, O Lord, be weary/˘˘˘/˘/˘8A
Of thy roughness of the way;˘//˘˘˘/7B
Though the road be often dreary,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Thou shalt drive our fears away.///˘/˘/7B

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.