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SDA Hymnal 548

Now Praise the Hidden God of Love

Words: Fred Pratt GreenMusic: Robert SchumannTune: [unclear][unclear]

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1Now praise the hidden God of love
In whom we all must live and move,
Who shepherds us at every stage
Thro' youth, maturity, and age.

2Who challenged us, when we were young
To storm the citadels of wrong;
In care for others proves to us
At every stage how God is.

3Who bids us never lose our zest,
But urging us to rest,
But content to sleep, when
We have still done, And

4Then talk no more of wasted time,
But Godward look, and upward climb,
Consumed to do, and place to fill,
And travel on.

Tune
[unclear]
Meter
[unclear]

1982 Hope Publishing Co.

The verse

Meter
8.8.9.8
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 61% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABC
Scan every line

/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Now praise the hidden God of love//˘/˘/˘/8A
In whom we all must live and move,˘˘˘///˘/8B
Who shepherds us at every stage˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/9C
Thro' youth, maturity, and age.//˘/˘˘˘/8C

Verse 2

Who challenged us, when we were young˘/˘˘/˘˘/8A
To storm the citadels of wrong;˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
In care for others proves to us˘/˘/˘/˘˘8C
At every stage how God is.˘/˘˘///˘8D

Verse 3

Who bids us never lose our zest,˘/˘/˘//˘/9A
But urging us to rest,˘/˘˘˘/6A
But content to sleep, when˘/˘˘//6B
We have still done, And˘˘//˘5C

Verse 4

Then talk no more of wasted time,//˘/˘/˘/8A
But Godward look, and upward climb,˘??/˘/˘/8A
Consumed to do, and place to fill,˘/˘˘˘/˘/8B
And travel on.˘/˘˘4C

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.