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SDA Hymnal 185

Jesus Is All the World to Me

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1Jesus is all the world to me,
My life, my joy, my all;
He is my strength from day to day,
Without Him I would fall.

RefrainWhen I am sad to Him I go,
No other one can cheer me so;
When I am sad He makes me glad,
He's my Friend.

2Jesus is all the world to me,
My Friend in trials sore;
I go to Him for blessings, and
He gives them o'er and o'er.

3Jesus is all the world to me,
And true to Him I'll be;
O how could I this Friend deny,
When He's so true to me?

4Jesus is all the world to me,
I want no better friend;
I trust Him now, I'll trust Him when
Life's fleeting days shall end.

The verse

Meter
8.6.8.6
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 62% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Jesus is all the world to me,/˘˘/˘/˘˘8A
My life, my joy, my all;˘/˘/˘/6B
He is my strength from day to day,˘˘˘/˘/˘/8C
Without Him I would fall.˘/˘˘˘/6B

Verse 2

Jesus is all the world to me,/˘˘/˘/˘˘8A
My Friend in trials sore;˘/˘/˘/6B
I go to Him for blessings, and˘/˘˘˘/˘˘8C
He gives them o'er and o'er.˘/˘/˘/6D

Verse 3

Jesus is all the world to me,/˘˘/˘/˘˘8A
And true to Him I'll be;˘/˘˘/˘6A
O how could I this Friend deny,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8B
When He's so true to me?//˘/˘˘6A

Verse 4

Jesus is all the world to me,/˘˘/˘/˘˘8A
I want no better friend;˘/˘/˘/6B
I trust Him now, I'll trust Him when˘/˘///˘/8C
Life's fleeting days shall end.//˘/˘/6B

Refrain

When I am sad to Him I go,/˘˘/˘˘˘/8A
No other one can cheer me so;˘/˘/˘/˘˘8A
When I am sad He makes me glad,/˘˘/˘/˘/8B
He's my Friend./˘/3C

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.