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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

O the riches of my Savior

Experience of Christ His Riches

English542
1
O the riches of my Savior,
So unsearchable, immense;
All the fullness of the Godhead
I may now experience.
 
O the riches, O the riches,
Christ my Savior has for me!
How unsearchable their measure,
Yet my full reality!
2
O the riches of my Savior,
All-embracing: life and light,
Wisdom, power, healing, comfort,
Treasures rich of God’s delight;
3
God’s redemption, full salvation,
And His resurrection pow’r,
Sanctifying, glorifying,
All transcending every hour!
4
O the riches of my Savior—
Nothing less than God as all!
All His person and possessions,
Now my spirit doth enthrall.
5
O the riches of my Savior!
Who can know their breadth and length,
Or their depth and height unmeasured,
Yet they are my joy and strength.
6
May I know these boundless riches,
Christ experience in full;
And with others may I share them
In their content bountiful.

Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.

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Un Hermano

Jan 21, 2026

TO EXPERIENCE
THE UNSEARCHABLE
RICHES OF CHRIST
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Ephesians is a profound book. In chapter 3 Paul first speaks of the unsearchable riches of Christ (v. 8). Then he goes on to pray that we may be able to comprehend, or apprehend, with the saints the dimensions of Christ (v. 18). This is to know the breadth, the length, the height, and the depth of the universe. These four dimensions are an illustration of Christ’s unlimitedness. What is the height of the universe? How high is the height? No one can measure it. How long is the universe? Can you measure the length? How broad is the breadth, and how deep is the depth? No one can measure this. These dimensions are used by Paul to speak of the unlimitedness of Christ. Christ is not only rich in what He is; He is also immeasurable in His dimensions. This is marvelous. Whenever I come to such a point, I am in trembling that I may miss the mark due to the shortness of human language, the lack of the adequate expression to tell others what the riches of Christ are. By the Lord’s mercy I began to see this about forty years ago. But whenever I spoke on the unsearchable riches of Christ, I regretted that I was so short in the human utterance. In my speaking, I was not so adequate to itemize all the riches of Christ.

Seeing the Unsearchable
Riches of Christ
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I would like to impress you that Paul in Ephesians 3:8 says that the “unsearchable riches of Christ” have been shown to him. This verse begins with the phrase to me. When I was young and read this, I would say, “I am not that ‘me. ’ That is Paul. He is too great. ‘To him’ is okay but not ‘to me. ’” But Paul says, “To me. ” This “me” is “less than the least of all saints. ” He was the “leastest, ” yet this grace was given to him to announce the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospe

The Home Meetings
The Unique Way for
the Increase and the
Building Up of the Church
Chapter 3 (LSM)
CWWL, 1985, vol. 3

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Mo Maillet

Worcester, MA

Jan 21, 2026

I absolutely love this app.

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Maria L

Fremont, California, United States

Nov 2, 2025

Praise the Lord, we have righteousness, sanctification, holiness, and justification by absorbing the riches of Christ, the soil into whom we’re rooted! Praise the Lord, in Christ we have no lack! Hallelujah 😀

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Nicole Ho

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Sep 28, 2025

I’m experiencing all the fullness of the Godhead, it’s now my reality.

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Anny Eweka

Agbata, Togo

Aug 9, 2025

O the riches, amen

The riches, Christ in His fullness for us to enjoy. Hallelujah

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James Smith

Mansfield, Ohio, United States

Apr 10, 2025

We have such a rich Christ. We can admire these riches. We can hear about these riches. We can even talk about these riches without ever experiencing them. These riches are nothing less than God himself. The first 5 verses of this hymn are subjective comprehending and experiencing all these riches, even though we only have a portion of them.

The last verse is the highest verse of them all. Here we really see we must desire to know Christ, not just for ourselves , but for others. Here is the church life where we share our riches of Christ with others, even our neighbors. Now in this environment we can experience this bountiful supply and begin to see the vast dimensions of Christ expressed in His body.

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Zoe

Dunedin, New Zealand

Dec 22, 2024

Hallelujah! Unsearchable! Nothing less than God Himself! May we know these boundless riches, and experience Christ in full! So subjective! Day by day experience!

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Jan Fearn

Chicago, IL, United States

Nov 12, 2024

Oh praise the Lord! "Originally, all the riches were contained in God, but now they become our enjoyment to such an extent that they overflow to express the riches of our enjoyment of Christ." Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John.

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Anonymous

Jul 14, 2024

Treasures rich of God's delight 😊

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Lyn Deighton

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

May 3, 2020

Christ our saviour is so rich... Thank you Lord for being our good land so full of riches .... and they never run but overflow. You are so near we can eat and drink of you daily.

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