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Thread #57478 Message #984244
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
16-Jul-03 - 03:37 AM
Thread Name: Your Favourite Hymn
Subject: RE: Your Favourite Hymn
Mention of "My Jesus I love thee" above reminds me of a hymn which causes concern in hymn books where hymns are listed by first line:
"My God I Love Thee Not"
Which, because of line length, and phrasing, is the first full line of:
"My God I love Thee, not-
Because I hope for heaven thereby.
Nor yet because, who love Thee not
Are lost eternally"
The importance of phrasing is really brought out in this one,
Nigel