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SDA Hymnal 344

I Love Your Kingdom, Lord

Words: Timothy DwightMusic: [unclear]Tune: [unclear]S.M.

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1I love Your kingdom, Lord, The house of Your abode, The Church our blest Redeemer saved With His own precious blood.

2I love Your Church, O God! Her walls before Thee stand, Dear as the apple of Thine eye, And graven on Thy hand.

3Beyond my highest joy I prize its heavenly ways, Its sweet communion, solemn vows, Its hymns of love and praise.

4Sure as Your truth shall last, To Zion shall be given The brightest glories earth can yield, And brighter bliss of heaven.

Music
[unclear]
Tune
[unclear]
Meter
S.M.
Scripture
Psalm 26:8; Ephesians 5:25

The verse

Meter
27 · the hymnal prints S.M.
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 46% of beats fit
Rhyme
A
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary · * a word sung short, as “heav’n”

Verse 1

I love Your kingdom, Lord, The house of Your abode, The Church our blest Redeemer saved With His own precious blood.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/27A

Verse 2

I love Your Church, O God!˘/˘/˘/6A
Her walls before Thee stand,˘/˘///6B
Dear as the apple of Thine eye,/˘˘/˘˘//8C
And graven on Thy hand.˘/˘˘//6B

Verse 3

Beyond my highest joy I prize its heavenly ways, Its sweet communion, solemn vows, Its hymns of love and praise.˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/27A

Verse 4

Sure as Your truth shall last,/˘˘/˘/6A
To Zion shall be given˘/˘˘˘/6B*
The brightest glories earth can yield,˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
And brighter bliss of heaven.˘/˘/˘/6D*

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.