Hymn 137 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B CDED FGHI DJDJ KDKD LMLMSalvation by grace in Christ | A |
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Tim | B |
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Now to the power of God supreme | C |
Be everlasting honors giv'n | D |
He saves from hell we bless his name | E |
He calls our wand'ring feet to heav'n | D |
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Not for our duties or deserts | F |
But of his own abounding grace | G |
He works salvation in our hearts | H |
And forms a people for his praise | I |
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'Twas his own purpose that begun | D |
To rescue rebels doomed to die | J |
He gave us grace in Christ his Son | D |
Before he spread the starry sky | J |
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Jesus the Lord appears at last | K |
And makes his Father's counsels known | D |
Declares the great transactions past | K |
And brings immortal blessings down | D |
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He dies and in that dreadful night | L |
Did all the powers of hell destroy | M |
Rising he brought our heav'n to light | L |
And took possession of the joy | M |
Isaac Watts
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