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Hymns and Tunes 1886 379

How Great the Wisdom, Power, and Grace

Words: Benjamin Beddome8s, 7s, & 8s

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1How great the wisdom, power, and grace,
Which in redemption shine!
The heavenly host with joy confess
The work is all divine.

2Before His feet they cast their crowns,—
Those crowns which Jesus gave,
And with ten thousand thousand tongues
Proclaim his power to save.

3They tell the triumphs of his cross,
The suffering which he bore;
How low he stooped, how high he rose,
And rose to stoop no more.

4With cheerful notes let us voices raise,
And still the song renew;
Salvation well deserves the praise
Of men and angels too.

Scripture
Revelation 5:11-13; Philippians 2:6-11; Ephesians 3:10

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The verse

Meter
9.6.9.6 · the hymnal prints 8s, 7s, & 8s
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 64% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

How great the wisdom, power, and grace,//˘/˘/˘˘/9A
Which in redemption shine!˘˘˘/˘/6B
The heavenly host with joy confess˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9C
The work is all divine.˘/˘/˘/6B

Verse 2

Before His feet they cast their crowns,—˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Those crowns which Jesus gave,˘/˘/˘/6B
And with ten thousand thousand tongues˘˘//˘/˘/8C
Proclaim his power to save.˘/˘/˘˘/7B

Verse 3

They tell the triumphs of his cross,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8A
The suffering which he bore;˘/˘˘˘˘/7B
How low he stooped, how high he rose,//˘///˘/8C
And rose to stoop no more.˘/˘/˘/6B

Verse 4

With cheerful notes let us voices raise,˘/˘//˘/˘/9A
And still the song renew;˘/˘/˘/6B
Salvation well deserves the praise˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Of men and angels too.˘/˘/˘/6B

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.