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SDA Hymnal 290

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

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1O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
There's light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!

RefrainTurn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.

2Through death into life everlasting
He passed, and we follow Him there;
Over us sin no more hath dominion,
For more than conqu'rors we are!

3His word shall not fail you He promised;
Believe Him and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!

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The verse

Meter: 9.8.9.8
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCB

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Verse 1

O soul, are you weary and troubled?˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘9A

No light in the darkness you see?˘/˘˘/˘˘/8B

There's light for a look at the Savior,//˘˘/˘˘/˘9C

And life more abundant and free!˘//˘/˘˘/8B

Verse 2

Through death into life everlasting///˘//˘/˘9A

He passed, and we follow Him there;˘/˘˘/˘˘/8B

Over us sin no more hath dominion,/˘˘/˘//˘/˘10C

For more than conqu'rors we are!˘/˘???˘˘8D

Verse 3

His word shall not fail you He promised;˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘9A

Believe Him and all will be well:˘/˘˘/˘˘/8B

Then go to a world that is dying,//˘˘/˘˘/˘9C

His perfect salvation to tell!˘˘/˘/˘˘/8B

Refrain

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,/˘/˘//˘7A

Look full in His wonderful face;//˘˘/˘˘/8B

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim˘˘/˘/˘//˘/10C

In the light of His glory and grace.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9B

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.