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Hymns and Tunes 1886 45

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness

Music: Edwin BarnesTune: Southampton12s & 10s

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1O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, Bow down before him, his glory proclaim;
With gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness, Kneel and adore him, the Lord is his name!

2Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness, Truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,
Comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayer- These are the offerings to lay on his shrine.

3These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,
He will accept for the Name that is dear;
Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,
Trust for our trembling, and hope for our fear.

Also sung to
Wareham (SDA Hymnal #6)

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The verse

Meter
23.24 · the hymnal prints 12s & 10s
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, Bow down before him, his glory proclaim;˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/23A
With gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness, Kneel and adore him, the Lord is his name!˘/˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/24A

Verse 2

Low at his feet lay thy burden of carefulness, Truth in its beauty, and love in its tenderness,/˘˘////˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘24A
Comfort thy sorrows, and answer thy prayer- These are the offerings to lay on his shrine./˘//˘˘/˘/??˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/21B

Verse 3

These, though we bring them in trembling and fearfulness,˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘12A
He will accept for the Name that is dear;˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/10B
Mornings of joy give for evenings of tearfulness,/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘12A
Trust for our trembling, and hope for our fear./˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/10B

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.