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SDA Hymnal 309

I Surrender All

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1All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.

RefrainI surrender all, I surrender all,
I surrender all,
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

2All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

3All to Jesus I surrender,
Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
Let me feel the Holy Spirit,
Truly know that Thou art mine.

4All to Jesus I surrender,
Now I feel the sacred flame.
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory to His name!

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The verse

Meter: 8.7.8.7
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 83% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCB

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Verse 1

All to Jesus I surrender,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8A

All to Him I freely give;/˘˘˘/˘/7B

I will ever love and trust Him,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8C

In His presence daily live.˘˘/˘/˘/7D

Verse 2

All to Jesus I surrender,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8A

Humbly at His feet I bow,/˘˘˘/˘/7B

Worldly pleasures all forsaken,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C

Take me, Jesus, take me now./˘/˘/˘/7B

Verse 3

All to Jesus I surrender,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8A

Make me, Savior, wholly Thine;/˘/˘/˘/7B

Let me feel the Holy Spirit,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C

Truly know that Thou art mine./˘/˘///7B

Verse 4

All to Jesus I surrender,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8A

Now I feel the sacred flame./˘/˘/˘/7B

O the joy of full salvation!˘˘/˘/˘/˘8C

Glory, glory to His name!/˘/˘˘˘/7B

Refrain

I surrender all, I surrender all,˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/10A

I surrender all,˘˘/˘/5A

All to Thee, my blessed Savior,/˘/˘//˘7B

I surrender all.˘˘/˘/5A

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.