Analysis of The Testimony
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
I thank God for giving me strength,
Through the Lord who is Jesus Christ;
Judged me faithful at any length,
Seeing how much I sacrificed.
For I was once a blasphemer,
And an insolent opponent;
For being a persecutor,
In having hate and discontent.
But I received mercy and grace,
Of an ignorant unbelief;
Jesus showed me my rightful place,
By giving spiritual relief.
The grace of the Lord overflowed,
With faith and love in Jesus Christ;
For the path of being hallowed,
No longer as earthly enticed.
This is worthy of acceptance,
That Christ came to save the sinners;
Knowing of my inheritance,
Makes the ones saved as the winners.
Chief of sinners foremost I am,
But got mercy for this reason;
The perfect patience of the Lamb,
Gave eternal life through the Son.
The King of Ages immortal,
The only wise God forever;
Invisible and eternal,
Because His reign will not sever.
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Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FBFB GHGH IJIJ KCKC C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111011 10111101 11101101 1011110 111101 01100010 1100100 01010001 11011001 111001 10111101 110100001 0110101 11010101 10111010 11011001 11101010 11111010 10110100 10111010 1110111 11101110 00110101 10101101 01110010 01011010 01000010 01111110 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 922 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners. 1 Timothy 1:12-17
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