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SDA Hymnal 164

There Is a Green Hill Far Away

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1There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to save us all.

2We may not know, we cannot tell, What pains He had to bear,
But we believe it was for us He hung and suffered there.

3He died that we might be forgiven, He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to heaven, Saved by His precious blood.

4There was no other good enough To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate Of heaven, and let us in.

5O dearly, dearly has He loved! And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming blood, And try His works to do.

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The verse

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14.14
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iambic (da-DUM) · 57% of beats fit
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Verse 1

There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall,/˘˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/14A
Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to save us all./˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14A

Verse 2

We may not know, we cannot tell, What pains He had to bear,˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/14A
But we believe it was for us He hung and suffered there.˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/14A

Verse 3

He died that we might be forgiven, He died to make us good,˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/15A
That we might go at last to heaven, Saved by His precious blood.˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/15B

Verse 4

There was no other good enough To pay the price of sin;/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/14A
He only could unlock the gate Of heaven, and let us in.˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘15A

Verse 5

O dearly, dearly has He loved! And we must love Him too,˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/14A
And trust in His redeeming blood, And try His works to do.˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘14A

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.