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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 86

Jesus My All

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1JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone:
He whom I fix my hopes upon;
His track I see, and I'll pursue
The narrow way, till him I view.

2The way the holy prophets went,
The road that leads from banishment,
The King's highway of holiness
I'll go, for all his paths are peace.

3This is the way I long have sought,
And mourn'd because I found it not;
My grief, a burden long has been,
Because I was not saved from sin.

4Lo! Glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee whose I am;
Nothing but sin I thee can give,
Nothing but love shall I receive.

5Then will I tell to all around,
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I'll point to thy redeeming blood,
And say, "Behold the way to God."

Also sung to
Boylston (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #385)

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The verse

Meter
9.8.8.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 63% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone:/˘˘/˘/˘˘/9A
He whom I fix my hopes upon;˘˘˘/˘/˘/8B
His track I see, and I'll pursue˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
The narrow way, till him I view.˘/˘//˘˘/8C

Verse 2

The way the holy prophets went,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
The road that leads from banishment,˘/˘/˘/˘˘8B
The King's highway of holiness˘///˘/˘˘8C
I'll go, for all his paths are peace.//˘/˘/˘/8D

Verse 3

This is the way I long have sought,˘˘˘/˘/˘/8A
And mourn'd because I found it not;˘/˘/˘/˘˘8B
My grief, a burden long has been,˘/˘/˘/˘˘8C
Because I was not saved from sin.˘/˘˘˘/˘/8C

Verse 4

Lo! Glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb,//˘/˘///8A
Shalt take me to thee whose I am;//˘˘/˘˘˘8A
Nothing but sin I thee can give,/˘˘/˘/˘/8B
Nothing but love shall I receive./˘˘/˘˘˘/8C

Verse 5

Then will I tell to all around,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
What a dear Saviour I have found;˘˘//˘˘˘˘/9A
I'll point to thy redeeming blood,//˘/˘/˘/8B
And say, "Behold the way to God."˘/˘/˘/˘/8C

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.