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SDA Hymnal 628

As Jacob With Travel Was Weary

Words: William Hunter

Studio

1As Jacob with travel was weary one day,
At night on a stone for a pillow he lay;
He saw in a vision a ladder so high
That its foot was on earth and its top in the sky.

RefrainAlleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me,
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me.

2Come let us ascend! all may climb it who will;
For the angels of Jacob are guarding it still;
And remember, each step that by faith we pass o'er,
Some prophet or martyr has trod it before.

3And when we arrive at the haven of rest
We shall hear the glad words, 'Come up hither, ye blest,
Here are regions of light, here are mansions of bliss.'
O who would not climb such a ladder as this?

Scripture
Genesis 28:10-22; John 1:51

The verse

Meter
11.11.11.12
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 32% of beats fit
Rhyme
AABB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

As Jacob with travel was weary one day,˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘//11A
At night on a stone for a pillow he lay;˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
He saw in a vision a ladder so high˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11B
That its foot was on earth and its top in the sky.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/12B

Verse 2

Come let us ascend! all may climb it who will;//˘˘//˘/˘˘˘11A
For the angels of Jacob are guarding it still;˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/12A
And remember, each step that by faith we pass o'er,˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘//12B
Some prophet or martyr has trod it before.//˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11C

Verse 3

And when we arrive at the haven of rest˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/11A
We shall hear the glad words, 'Come up hither, ye blest,˘˘/˘///˘/˘//12A
Here are regions of light, here are mansions of bliss.'/˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/12B
O who would not climb such a ladder as this?˘˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘11B

Refrain

Alleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/12A
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me,˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘12A
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘˘12A

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.