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Millennial Harp 36

The Promise

11. Jesus my all to heaven is gone, Jesus says he
He whom I fix my hopes upon; will be with us to the end, For he has been with us, and he
still is with us, And he's promis'd to be with us to the end.

22. His track I see and I'll pursue, Jesus, &c.
The narrow way till him I view. Jesus, &c.

33. The way the holy prophets went, Jesus, &c.
The road that leads to banishment. Jesus, &c.

44. The king's highway of holiness, Jesus, &c.
I'll go, for all his paths are peace. Jesus, &c.

55. This is the way I long have sought, Jesus, &c.
And mourned because I found it not. Jesus &c.

66. My grief a burden long has been, Jesus, &c.
Because I was not saved from sin. Jesus, &c.

77. The more I strove against its power, Jesus, &c.
I felt its weight and guilt the more. Jesus, &c.

88. Till late I heard my Savior say, Jesus, &c.
'Come hither soul, I am the way.' Jesus, &c.

99. Lo! glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb, Jesus, &c.
Shall take me to thee, whose I am. Jesus, &c.

1010. Nothing but sin have I to give, Jesus, &c.
Nothing but love shall I receive. Jesus, &c.

1111. Then will I tell to sinners round, Jesus, &c.
What a dear Savior I have found. Jesus, &c.

1212. I'll point to thy redeeming blood, Jesus, &c.
And say, 'Behold the way of God.' Jesus, &c.

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

The verse

Meter
13.23.15
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
AA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

1. Jesus my all to heaven is gone, Jesus says he/˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘13A
He whom I fix my hopes upon; will be with us to the end, For he has been with us, and he˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘23A
still is with us, And he's promis'd to be with us to the end./˘˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘˘˘˘/15B

Verse 2

2. His track I see and I'll pursue, Jesus, &c.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/11A
The narrow way till him I view. Jesus, &c.˘/˘//˘˘//˘/11A

Verse 3

3. The way the holy prophets went, Jesus, &c.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/11A
The road that leads to banishment. Jesus, &c.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/11A

Verse 4

4. The king's highway of holiness, Jesus, &c.˘///˘/˘˘/˘/11A
I'll go, for all his paths are peace. Jesus, &c.//˘/˘/˘//˘/11A

Verse 5

5. This is the way I long have sought, Jesus, &c.˘˘˘/˘/˘//˘/11A
And mourned because I found it not. Jesus &c.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/11A

Verse 6

6. My grief a burden long has been, Jesus, &c.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/11A
Because I was not saved from sin. Jesus, &c.˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/11A

Verse 7

7. The more I strove against its power, Jesus, &c.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/12A
I felt its weight and guilt the more. Jesus, &c.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/11A

Verse 8

8. Till late I heard my Savior say, Jesus, &c.//˘/˘/˘//˘/11A
'Come hither soul, I am the way.' Jesus, &c.//˘/˘˘˘//˘/11A

Verse 9

9. Lo! glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb, Jesus, &c.//˘/˘////˘/11A
Shall take me to thee, whose I am. Jesus, &c.˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/11A

Verse 10

10. Nothing but sin have I to give, Jesus, &c./˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/11A
Nothing but love shall I receive. Jesus, &c./˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/11A

Verse 11

11. Then will I tell to sinners round, Jesus, &c./˘˘/˘/˘//˘/11A
What a dear Savior I have found. Jesus, &c.˘˘//˘˘˘//˘/11A

Verse 12

12. I'll point to thy redeeming blood, Jesus, &c.//˘/˘/˘//˘/11A
And say, 'Behold the way of God.' Jesus, &c.˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/11A

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.