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SDA Hymnal 560

Let All Things Now Living

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1Let all things now living
a song of thanksgiving
To God the Creator triumphantly raise,
Who fashioned and made us,
protected and stayed us,
Who guideth us on to the end of our days.
His banners are o'er us,
His light goes before us,
A pillar of fire shining forth in the night,
'Til shadows have vanished
and darkness is banished,
As forward we travel from light into light.

2His law He enforces:
the stars in their courses
and sun in his orbit, obediently shine;
The hills and the mountains,
the rivers and fountains,
the deeps of the ocean proclaim Him divine.
We too should be voicing
our love and rejoicing;
With glad adoration a song let us raise,
'Til all things now living
unite in thanksgiving:
To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!

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The verse

Meter
6.6.11.6.6.12.6.6.12.6.6.11
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 31% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABCCBCCDEED
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Let all things now living/////˘6A
a song of thanksgiving˘/˘//˘6A
To God the Creator triumphantly raise,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
Who fashioned and made us,˘/˘˘/˘6C
protected and stayed us,˘/˘˘/˘6C
Who guideth us on to the end of our days.˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/12B
His banners are o'er us,˘/˘˘/˘6C
His light goes before us,˘//˘/˘6C
A pillar of fire shining forth in the night,˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/12D
'Til shadows have vanished///˘/˘6E
and darkness is banished,˘/˘˘/˘6E
As forward we travel from light into light.˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘/11D

Verse 2

His law He enforces:˘/˘˘/˘6A
the stars in their courses˘/˘˘/˘6B
and sun in his orbit, obediently shine;˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/12C
The hills and the mountains,˘/˘˘/˘6D
the rivers and fountains,˘/˘˘/˘6D
the deeps of the ocean proclaim Him divine.˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11C
We too should be voicing˘/˘˘/˘6E
our love and rejoicing;/˘/˘˘/˘7E
With glad adoration a song let us raise,˘//˘/˘˘//˘/11F
'Til all things now living/////˘6G
unite in thanksgiving://˘//˘6G
To God in the highest, hosanna and praise!˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11F

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.