SDA Hymnal 683
Jesus, Stand Among Us
Tune: BEMERTON
1Jesus, stand among us
In Thy risen power;
Let this time of worship
Be a hallowed hour.
2Breathe the Holy Spirit
Into every heart;
Bid the fears and sorrows
From each soul depart.
3Thus with quickened footsteps
We pursue our way,
Watching for the dawning
Of eternal day.
- Tune
- BEMERTON
The verse
- Meter
- 6.6.6.6
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 67% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Jesus, stand among us/˘/˘/˘6A
In Thy risen power;˘//˘/˘6B
Let this time of worship/˘/˘/˘6C
Be a hallowed hour.˘˘/˘/˘6B
Verse 2
Breathe the Holy Spirit/˘/˘/˘6A
Into every heart;/˘/˘˘/6B
Bid the fears and sorrows/˘/˘/˘6C
From each soul depart.˘//˘/5B
Verse 3
Thus with quickened footsteps/˘/˘//6A
We pursue our way,˘˘//˘/6B
Watching for the dawning/˘˘˘/˘6C
Of eternal day.˘˘/˘/5B
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.