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SDA Hymnal 322

Nothing Between

Words: Charles A. TindleyMusic: Charles A. TindleyTune: NOTHING BETWEENIrregular with Refrain

Studio

1Nothing between my soul and the Savior,
Naught of this world's delusive dream;
I have renounced all sinful pleasure,
Jesus is mine! There's nothing between.

RefrainNothing between my soul and the Savior,
So that His blessed face may be seen;
Nothing preventing the least of His favor;
Keep the way clear! Let nothing between.

2Nothing between, like worldly pleasure,
Habits of life, though harmless they seem,
Must not my heart from Him ever sever,
He is my all! There's nothing between.

3Nothing between, e'en many hard trials,
Though the whole world against me convene;
Watching with prayer and much self-denial,
Triumph at last, With nothing between!

Scripture
James 4:4; 1 John 2:15-17

The verse

Meter
10.8.9.9
Foot
dactylic (DUM-da-da) · 40% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Nothing between my soul and the Savior,/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘10A
Naught of this world's delusive dream;/˘˘/???/8B
I have renounced all sinful pleasure,˘˘˘///˘/˘9C
Jesus is mine! There's nothing between./˘˘///˘˘/9D

Verse 2

Nothing between, like worldly pleasure,/˘˘///˘/˘9A
Habits of life, though harmless they seem,/˘˘///˘˘/9B
Must not my heart from Him ever sever,/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘10C
He is my all! There's nothing between.˘˘˘///˘˘/9D

Verse 3

Nothing between, e'en many hard trials,/˘˘/??/˘//˘11A
Though the whole world against me convene;/˘//˘/˘˘/9B
Watching with prayer and much self-denial,/˘˘/˘/???9C
Triumph at last, With nothing between!/˘˘/˘/˘˘/9B

Refrain

Nothing between my soul and the Savior,/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘10A
So that His blessed face may be seen;˘˘˘//˘˘/8B
Nothing preventing the least of His favor;/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘11C
Keep the way clear! Let nothing between./˘////˘˘/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.