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SDA Hymnal 352

This Is My Will

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1This is My will, My one command, That love should dwell among you all. This is My will, that you should love by Me; As I have shown that I love you.

2No greater love a man can have Than that he die to save his friends. You are My friends if you obey what I command; that you should do.

3You chose not Me, but I chose you That you should go and bear much fruit. I chose you out that you in Me, should bear much fruit in each, in all.

4All that I ask, My Father, For My name's sake you shall receive. This is My will, My one command, That love should dwell that will abide.

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Scripture: John 15:12; John 15:13; John 15:16; John 15:17

The verse

Meter: 34
Foot: iambic (da-DUM) · 39% of beats fit
Rhyme: A

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Verse 1

This is My will, My one command, That love should dwell among you all. This is My will, that you should love by Me; As I have shown that I love you.˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘˘/˘34A

Verse 2

No greater love a man can have Than that he die to save his friends. You are My friends if you obey what I command; that you should do.˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘32A

Verse 3

You chose not Me, but I chose you That you should go and bear much fruit. I chose you out that you in Me, should bear much fruit in each, in all.˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘///˘/˘/32A

Verse 4

All that I ask, My Father, For My name's sake you shall receive. This is My will, My one command, That love should dwell that will abide./˘˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/31A

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.