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SDA Hymnal 316

Live Out Thy Life Within Me

Words: Frances Ridley HavergalMusic: Philip P. BlissTune: LIVE OUT THY LIFE10.10.10.10

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1Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings!
Be Thou Thyself the answer To all my questionings;
Live out Thy life within me, In all things have Thy way!
I, the transparent medium Thy glory to display.

2The temple has been yielded, And purified of sin;
Let Thy Shekinah glory Now shine forth from within,
And all the earth keep silence, The body henceforth be
Held with no more restless longing, Or Je-sus, King of kings!

3Its members every moment Held subject to Thy call,
Ready to have Thee use them, Or not be used at all;
Held with no more restless longing, Or straining, Or fret,
Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings!

4But restful, calm, and pliant, From bend and bias free,
Awaiting Thy decision, When Thou hast need of me.
Live out Thy life within me, In all things have Thy way!
Be Thou the glorious answer To all my questionings.

Meter
10.10.10.10
Scripture
Galatians 2:20; Colossians 1:27

The verse

Meter
13.13.13.14 · the hymnal prints 10.10.10.10
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABC
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”

Verse 1

Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings!////˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13A
Be Thou Thyself the answer To all my questionings;˘///˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘13B
Live out Thy life within me, In all things have Thy way!////˘/˘˘//˘//13C
I, the transparent medium Thy glory to display.˘˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/14C

Verse 2

The temple has been yielded, And purified of sin;˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13A
Let Thy Shekinah glory Now shine forth from within,//???/˘///˘˘/13A
And all the earth keep silence, The body henceforth be˘/˘///˘˘/˘//˘13B
Held with no more restless longing, Or Je-sus, King of kings!/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘/˘/14C

Verse 3

Its members every moment Held subject to Thy call,˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//13A
Ready to have Thee use them, Or not be used at all;/˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘/˘/13A
Held with no more restless longing, Or straining, Or fret,/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘/13B
Live out Thy life within me, O Jesus, King of kings!////˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13C

Verse 4

But restful, calm, and pliant, From bend and bias free,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/13A
Awaiting Thy decision, When Thou hast need of me.˘/˘/˘/˘////˘˘13A
Live out Thy life within me, In all things have Thy way!////˘/˘˘//˘//13B
Be Thou the glorious answer To all my questionings.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘13C*

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.