Number: 052
English: 
Title: Except a Corn of Wheat
Name: Sheltered Dale
Words: Sam Jones
Music: C. W. Glück
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Ex¤cept a ¤corn of wheat shall fall
In¤to the ¤ground and ¤die,
It must re¤¤main a¤lone, and none
Shall ben¤e¤¤fit there¤¤by.

But if it ¤die how great the gain:
The seem¤ing ¤bar¤ren ¤ground
Shall bud and ¤blos¤som like the rose
And much fruit ¤shall a¤¤bound.

He that will ¤love His life will lose
The glo¤rious ¤heav’n¤ly ¤prize.
He that will ¤hate His life shall gain
The fruit that ¤nev¤er ¤dies.

If an¤y ¤man shall serve the Lord
Then let Him ¤fol¤low ¤me,
And where I ¤am, hid in God’s heart,
There shall my ¤serv¤ant ¤be.

My Fa¤ther– ¤He shall hon¤our all
Who serve and ¤free¤ly ¤give
Their corn of ¤wheat to fall and die
That oth¤er ¤souls might ¤live.

O Ho¤ly ¤Spir¤it, teach me now
This aw¤ful ¤mys¤ter¤¤y.
That I must ¤fall and I must die,
If I would ¤fruit¤ful ¤be.