SDA Hymnal 639
A Diligent and Grateful Heart
Words: Anonymous
1A diligent and grateful heart
Prompts me to sing Thy praise.
2I thank Thee for the means to serve
With talents and with tithes,
Thy love and mercies bring
For sharing brings the utmost joy,
Thy people in their needs.
3My thanks I give for stewardship
To minister through deeds,
To serve and share to magnify
From the start
Have blessed me all my days.
4O Lord, I dedicate my care
When lifting others
Thy people in their needs
In deep humility.
- Words
- Anonymous
- Scripture
- Malachi 3:10; 2 Corinthians 9:7
The verse
- Meter
- 8.6
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 68% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCDE
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
A diligent and grateful heart˘/˘˘˘/˘/8A
Prompts me to sing Thy praise./˘˘///6B
Verse 2
I thank Thee for the means to serve˘//˘˘/˘/8A
With talents and with tithes,˘/˘˘˘/6B
Thy love and mercies bring//˘///6C
For sharing brings the utmost joy,˘/˘/˘///8D
Thy people in their needs.//˘˘˘/6E
Verse 3
My thanks I give for stewardship˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
To minister through deeds,˘/˘˘//6B
To serve and share to magnify˘/˘/˘/˘/8C
From the start˘˘/3D
Have blessed me all my days.˘/˘/˘/6E
Verse 4
O Lord, I dedicate my care˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
When lifting others//˘/˘5B
Thy people in their needs//˘˘˘/6C
In deep humility.˘/˘/˘˘6D
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.