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Hymns and Tunes 1886 277

Praise to Him by whose kind favor

Words: Carl M. Von WeberTune: Wilmot8s & 7s.

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1Praise to Him by whose kind favor
Heavenly truth has reached our ears;
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 from other sources flow.

3What of truth we have been hearing,
Fix, O Lord, within our heart;
In the day of thy appearing
May we have an humble part.

4Till we leave this world forever,
May we 'neath thine influence die;
This our aim, our sole endeavor,
Thine to live, for thine to die.

Tune
Wilmot

Public Domain

The verse

Meter
8.7.8.7 · as printed
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 75% 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 · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”

Verse 1

Praise to Him by whose kind favor/˘˘˘˘//˘8A
Heavenly truth has reached our ears;/˘/˘/˘/7B*
May its sweet reviving savor˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Fill our hearts and calm our fears./˘/˘/˘/7B

Verse 2

Truth! how sacred is the treasure!///˘˘˘/˘8A
Teach us, Lord, its worth to know;/˘/˘/˘/7B
Vain the hope and short the pleasure/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Which from other sources flow.˘˘/˘/˘/7B

Verse 3

What of truth we have been hearing,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8A
Fix, O Lord, within our heart;/˘/˘/˘/7B
In the day of thy appearing˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A
May we have an humble part.˘˘˘˘/˘/7B

Verse 4

Till we leave this world forever,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
May we 'neath thine influence die;˘˘?//˘˘/8B
This our aim, our sole endeavor,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Thine to live, for thine to die./˘/˘/˘/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.