SDA Hymnal 677
Heavenly Father, to Thee We Pray
1Heavenly Father, to Thee we pray,
On the holy Sabbath day;
Through Thy Word Thy will make known;
May each heart become Thy throne,
Let Thy living water flow
That we Thy boundless love may know.
Amen.
The verse
- Meter
- 9.7.7.7.7.8.2
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 46% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABBCCD
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Verse 1
Heavenly Father, to Thee we pray,/˘˘/˘˘/˘/9A
On the holy Sabbath day;˘˘/˘/˘/7A
Through Thy Word Thy will make known;////˘//7B
May each heart become Thy throne,˘//˘///7B
Let Thy living water flow///˘/˘/7C
That we Thy boundless love may know.˘˘//˘/˘/8C
Amen.˘/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.