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SDA Hymnal 582

Working, O Christ, With Thee

Tune: ST. EDMUND

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1Working, O Christ, with Thee, working with Thee,
Unworthy, sinful, weak, though we may be;
Our all to Thee we give, for Thee alone we live,
And by Thy grace achieve, working with Thee.

2Along the city's waste, working with Thee,
Our eager footsteps haste, like Thee to be;
The poor we gather in, the outcasts raise from sin,
And labor souls to win, working with Thee.

3Savior, we weary not, working with Thee,
As hard as Thine our lot can never be;
Our joy and comfort this, "Thy grace sufficent is;"
This changes toil to bliss, working with Thee.

4So let us labor on, working with Thee,
Till earth to Thee is won, from sin set free;
Till men, from shore to shore, receive Thee, and adore,
And join us evermore, working with Thee.

The verse

Meter
10.10.13.10
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 42% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABA
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Working, O Christ, with Thee, working with Thee,/˘˘/˘//˘˘/10A
Unworthy, sinful, weak, though we may be;˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘10A
Our all to Thee we give, for Thee alone we live,/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/13B
And by Thy grace achieve, working with Thee.˘˘//˘//˘˘/10A

Verse 2

Along the city's waste, working with Thee,˘/˘/˘//˘˘/10A
Our eager footsteps haste, like Thee to be;/˘/˘/////˘˘11A
The poor we gather in, the outcasts raise from sin,˘/˘/˘˘˘///˘/12B
And labor souls to win, working with Thee.˘/˘/˘//˘˘/10A

Verse 3

Savior, we weary not, working with Thee,/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A
As hard as Thine our lot can never be;˘/˘//˘/˘/˘˘11A
Our joy and comfort this, "Thy grace sufficent is;"/˘/˘/˘˘//???˘13B
This changes toil to bliss, working with Thee.˘/˘/˘//˘˘/10A

Verse 4

So let us labor on, working with Thee,˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/10A
Till earth to Thee is won, from sin set free;//˘/˘/˘///10A
Till men, from shore to shore, receive Thee, and adore,//˘/˘/˘//˘˘/12B
And join us evermore, working with Thee.˘/˘/˘//˘˘/10A

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.