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SDA Hymnal 485

I Must Tell Jesus

Tune: ORWIGSBURG

Studio

1I must tell Jesus all of my trials,
I cannot bear these burdens alone;
In my distress He kindly will help me,
He ever loves and cares for His own.

RefrainI must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
I cannot bear my burdens alone;
I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!
Jesus can help me, Jesus alone.

2I must tell Jesus all of my troubles,
He is a kind, compassionate Friend;
If I but ask Him He will deliver,
Make of my troubles quickly an end.

3Oh, how the world to evil allures me!
Oh, how my heart is tempted to sin!
I must tell Jesus, and He will help me
Over the world the vict'ry to win.

The verse

Meter
10.9.10.9
Foot
anapestic (da-da-DUM) · 43% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

I must tell Jesus all of my trials,˘///˘/˘˘/˘10A
I cannot bear these burdens alone;˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9B
In my distress He kindly will help me,˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘10C
He ever loves and cares for His own.˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9B

Verse 2

I must tell Jesus all of my troubles,˘///˘/˘˘/˘10A
He is a kind, compassionate Friend;˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/9B
If I but ask Him He will deliver,˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘10C
Make of my troubles quickly an end./˘˘/˘/˘˘/9B

Verse 3

Oh, how the world to evil allures me!˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘10A
Oh, how my heart is tempted to sin!˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9B
I must tell Jesus, and He will help me˘///˘˘˘˘/˘10A
Over the world the vict'ry to win./˘˘/˘??˘/9B

Refrain

I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!˘///˘˘///˘10A
I cannot bear my burdens alone;˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9B
I must tell Jesus! I must tell Jesus!˘///˘˘///˘10A
Jesus can help me, Jesus alone./˘˘/˘/˘˘/9B

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.