Analysis of All That Pass By, to Jesus Draw Near
Charles Wesley 1707 (Epworth, Lincolnshire) – 1788 (London)
All that pass by, To Jesus draw near,
He utters a cry, Ye sinners, give ear!
From hell to retrieve you He spreads out his hands;
Now, now to receive you, He graciously stands.
If any man thirst, And happy would be,
The vilest and worst May come unto me,
May drink of my Spirit, Excepted is none,
Lay claim to my merit, And take for his own.
Whoever receives The life-giving word,
In Jesus believes, His God and his Lord,
In him a pure river Of life shall arise,
Shall in the believer Spring up to the skies.
My God and my Lord! Thy call I obey,
My soul on thy word Of promise I stay,
Thy kind invitation I gladly embrace,
Athirst for salvation, Salvation by grace.
O hasten the hour! Send down from above
The Spirit of power, Of health, and of love,
Of filial fear, Of knowledge and grace,
Of wisdom and prayer, Of joy and of praise;
The Spirit of faith, Of faith in thy blood,
Which saves us from wrath, And brings us to God,
Removes the huge mountain Of indwelling sin,
And opens a fountain That washes us clean.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111011 1100111011 11101111111 11101111001 1101101011 010111101 11111001011 11111001111 0100101101 0100111011 01011011101 10001011101 1101111101 1111111011 1101011001 1101001011 11001011101 01011011011 1100111001 1100111011 0101111011 1111101111 010110111 01001011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 999 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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