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SDA Hymnal 189

All That Thrills My Soul

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1Who can cheer the heart like Jesus,
By His presence all divine?
True and tender, pure and precious,
O how blest to call Him mine!

RefrainAll that thrills my soul is Jesus;
He is more than life to me;
And the fairest of ten thousand,
In my blessed Lord I see.

2Love of Christ so freely given,
Grace of God beyond degree,
Mercy higher than the heaven,
Deeper than the deepest sea.

3Every need His hand supplying,
Every good in Him I see;
On His strength my soul relying,
He is All in All to me.

4By the crystal flowing river
With the ransomed I will sing,
And forever and forever
Praise and glorify the King.

The verse

Meter
8.7.8.7
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 62% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Who can cheer the heart like Jesus,˘˘/˘///˘8A
By His presence all divine?˘˘/˘/˘/7B
True and tender, pure and precious,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C
O how blest to call Him mine!˘//˘/˘/7B

Verse 2

Love of Christ so freely given,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
Grace of God beyond degree,/˘/˘/˘/7B
Mercy higher than the heaven,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8C
Deeper than the deepest sea./˘˘˘/˘/7B

Verse 3

Every need His hand supplying,/˘˘/˘/˘/˘9A
Every good in Him I see;/˘˘/˘˘˘/8B
On His strength my soul relying,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A
He is All in All to me.˘˘/˘/˘˘7B

Verse 4

By the crystal flowing river˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A
With the ransomed I will sing,˘˘/˘˘˘/7B
And forever and forever˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8C
Praise and glorify the King./˘/˘/˘/7B

Refrain

All that thrills my soul is Jesus;/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
He is more than life to me;˘˘/˘/˘˘7B
And the fairest of ten thousand,˘˘/˘˘//˘8C
In my blessed Lord I see.˘˘//˘/6B

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.