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SDA Hymnal 634

Come, All Christians, Be Committed

Words: Eva B. Lloyd

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1Come, all Christians, be committed
To the service of the Lord;
Make your lives for Him more fitted,
Tune your hearts with one accord.
Come into His courts with gladness,
Each His sacred vows renew,
Turn away from sin and sadness,
Be transformed with life anew.

2Of your time and talents give ye,
They are gifts from God above;
To be used by Christians freely
To proclaim His wondrous love.
Come again to serve the Savior,
Tread the path that Christ trod;
Come in your work, with Him find favor,
And with joy His name record.

3God's command to love each other
Is required of every one;
Showing mercy to another
Mirrors His redemptive plan.
In compassion He has given
Of His love that is divine;
On the cross sins are forgiven,
Joy and peace are fully thine.

4Come in praise and adoration,
All who on Christ's name believe;
Worship Him with consecration,
Grace and love you will receive.
For His grace give Him the glory,
For the Spirit and the Word,
And repeat the gospel story
Till mankind His name has heard.

Scripture
Romans 12:1; 1 Peter 2:9

The verse

Meter
8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 68% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCBDEFE
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Verse 1

Come, all Christians, be committed///˘˘˘/˘8A
To the service of the Lord;˘˘/˘˘˘/7B
Make your lives for Him more fitted,/˘/˘˘//˘8C
Tune your hearts with one accord./˘/˘/˘/7B
Come into His courts with gladness,//˘˘/˘/˘8D
Each His sacred vows renew,/˘/˘/˘/7E
Turn away from sin and sadness,/˘/˘/˘/˘8F
Be transformed with life anew.˘˘/˘/˘/7E

Verse 2

Of your time and talents give ye,˘˘/˘/˘//8A
They are gifts from God above;˘˘/˘/˘/7B
To be used by Christians freely˘˘/˘/˘/˘8C
To proclaim His wondrous love.˘˘/˘/˘/7B
Come again to serve the Savior,/˘/˘/˘/˘8D
Tread the path that Christ trod;/˘/˘//6E
Come in your work, with Him find favor,/˘˘/˘˘//˘9F
And with joy His name record.˘˘/˘/˘/7G

Verse 3

God's command to love each other/˘/˘///˘8A
Is required of every one;˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/9B
Showing mercy to another/˘/˘˘˘/˘8A
Mirrors His redemptive plan./˘˘˘/˘/7C
In compassion He has given˘˘/˘˘˘/˘8D
Of His love that is divine;˘˘/˘˘˘/7E
On the cross sins are forgiven,˘˘//˘˘/˘8D
Joy and peace are fully thine./˘/˘/˘/7E

Verse 4

Come in praise and adoration,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A
All who on Christ's name believe;/˘˘//˘/7B
Worship Him with consecration,/˘˘˘/˘/˘8A
Grace and love you will receive./˘/˘˘˘/7B
For His grace give Him the glory,˘˘//˘˘/˘8C
For the Spirit and the Word,˘˘/˘˘˘/7D
And repeat the gospel story˘˘/˘/˘/˘8C
Till mankind His name has heard.///˘/˘/7D

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.