SDA Hymnal 370
Christ for the World
Words: Samuel WolcottMusic: Felice de GiardiniTune: MOSCOW6.6.4.6.6.6.4
1Christ for the world we sing; the world to Christ we bring
With loving zeal; the poor and them that mourn,
The faint and overborne, sin-sick and sorrow-worn,
Whom Christ doth heal.
2Christ for the world we sing; the world to Christ we bring
With fervent prayer; the wayward and the lost,
By restless passions tossed, redeemed at countless cost
From dark despair.
3Christ for the world we sing; the world to Christ we bring
With joyful song; the newborn souls, whose days,
Reclaimed from error's ways, inspired with hope and praise,
To Christ belong.
- Words
- Samuel Wolcott
- Music
- Felice de Giardini
- Tune
- MOSCOW
- Meter
- 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
- Scripture
- Matthew 28:19; John 3:16
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The verse
- Meter
- 6.6.4.6.6.6.4 · as printed
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 76% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABCDEB
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