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SDA Hymnal 490

Jesus, Lover of My Soul

Tune: HOLLINGSIDE

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1Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high.
Hide me, O my Savior, hide, till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last.

2Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on Thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me.
All my trust on Thee is stayed, all my help from Thee I bring;
Cover my defenseless head with the shadow of Thy wing.

3Thou, O Christ, art all I want, more than all in Thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is Thy Name, I am all unrighteousness;
False and full of sin I am; Thou art full of truth and grace.

4Plenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound; make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart; rise to all eternity.

Also sung to
Martyn (SDA Hymnal #489, Church Hymnal #572); Wickham (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #770)

The verse

Meter
14.14.14.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 36% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly,/˘/˘˘˘//˘˘//˘/14A
While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14A
Hide me, O my Savior, hide, till the storm of life is past;/˘˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14B
Safe into the haven guide; O receive my soul at last.//˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/14B

Verse 2

Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on Thee;/˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘/14A
Leave, ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me.///˘˘˘//˘/˘/˘˘14A
All my trust on Thee is stayed, all my help from Thee I bring;/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14B
Cover my defenseless head with the shadow of Thy wing./˘˘˘/˘/˘˘//˘//14B

Verse 3

Thou, O Christ, art all I want, more than all in Thee I find;/˘///˘//˘/˘/˘/14A
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14A
Just and holy is Thy Name, I am all unrighteousness;/˘/˘˘//˘˘/????14B
False and full of sin I am; Thou art full of truth and grace./˘/˘/˘˘///˘/˘/14C

Verse 4

Plenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sin;??/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14A
Let the healing streams abound; make and keep me pure within./˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14A
Thou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of Thee;/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/14B
Spring Thou up within my heart; rise to all eternity.//˘˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘14C

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.