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SDA Hymnal 59

Great Our Joy as Now We Gather

Words: Fred Pratt GreenMusic: Herbert HowellsTune: [unclear][unclear]

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1Great our joy as now we gather
Where the Master makes us one:
Where we worship God the Father
Thro' the Son.

2Precious is the tie that binds us
To our God when faith grows cold;
Precious He who loved all that now
He wants us to behold.

3May we learn from Christ's example
How to use this house of prayer:
He who loved and cleansed His temple
Wants us Long en-

4Lord, inspire us with Your vision
Of a world which Spirit still
Shall serve our safe ordered, scarce
be- gun!

Tune
[unclear]
Meter
[unclear]

Words © 1973 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The verse

Meter
9.7.8.3
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 51% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Great our joy as now we gather//˘/˘/˘/˘9A
Where the Master makes us one:/˘/˘/˘/7B
Where we worship God the Father/˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Thro' the Son./˘/3B

Verse 2

Precious is the tie that binds us/˘˘˘/˘/˘8A
To our God when faith grows cold;˘/˘/////8B
Precious He who loved all that now/˘˘˘//˘/8C
He wants us to behold.˘/˘˘˘/6B

Verse 3

May we learn from Christ's example˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A
How to use this house of prayer:/˘/˘/˘/7B
He who loved and cleansed His temple˘˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Wants us Long en-/˘//4D

Verse 4

Lord, inspire us with Your vision///˘˘˘/˘8A
Of a world which Spirit still˘˘/˘/˘/7B
Shall serve our safe ordered, scarce˘//˘//˘/8C
be- gun!˘/2D

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.