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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.

Let me love Thee, Thou art claiming

Longings For Love to Christ

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1
Let me love Thee, Thou art claiming
Every feeling of my soul;
Let that love in pow’r prevailing,
Render Thee my life, my all;
For life’s burdens they are easy,
And life’s sorrows lose their sting,
If they’re carried, Lord, to please Thee,
If their pain Thy smile should win.
 
Let me love Thee, Savior,
Take my heart forever;
Nothing but Thy favor
My soul can satisfy.
2
Let me love Thee, come revealing
All Thy love has done for me;
Help my heart, so unbelieving,
By the sight of Calvary:
Let me see Thy love despising
All the shame my sins had brought;
By Thy torments realizing
What a price my pardon bought.
3
Let me love Thee, I am gladdest
When I’m loving Thee, the best;
For in sunshine or in sadness
I can find in Thee a rest;
But without Thee life is fading,
Treasureless its choicest flowers;
Taken are its gifts eternal;
Left, its empty passing hours.
4
Let me love Thee, love is mighty,
Swaying realms of deed and thought;
By it I shall walk uprightly,
I shall serve Thee as I ought:
Love will soften every sorrow,
Love will lighten every care,
Love unquestioning will follow,
Love will triumph, love will dare.

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Stuart Xiang

Fremont, CA, United States

Jun 11, 2024

A brother in a ministry meeting recommended stanza 4 of this hymn. I really like this stanza. But in “Love unquestioning will follow”, I wasn’t sure who the writer is referring to. Then I saw sister Ellen’s comment:

“all of us following unquestioning! ”
Amen! All of us will follow God’s love!
And, Hi sister Ellen. Greetings in Christ.

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Maurice Ward

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Oct 1, 2022

Let me love Thee, Thou art claiming every feeling of my soul

This is true. The heart is the gateway to our whole being. When our heart is oriented to the Lord, He then has the way to spread into every part of our soul.

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Konrad

Apr 25, 2021

Let me love you!!

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Anonymous

May 26, 2020

Let me love thee take my heart

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Lc

LA, CA, United States

Aug 20, 2018

Let me love Thee, I am gladdest when I'm loving Thee, the best.

This really has been my experience this past year. Although loving other people and other things (even in a positive sense) can provide some measure of joy, yet this joy is fading - even the choicest flowers. However, when we take Him, this is an eternal, most glad gift. Without Him, we are just living empty, passing hours. Lord, LET me love You. This really is our gladdest commission (Mark 12:30).

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Jl

United States

Jun 19, 2018

One of my long time favorite hymns!

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Ellen Fletcher

Riverside, Ohio, United States

Apr 27, 2015

Each line is able to be repeated by the lips of His lovers (past, present & future) through each of their days. Finding/Following/Being drawn by His heartbeat to find of all of us following unquestioning! Love will triumph, Love will dare! Onward to His daily arrival of His Kingdom coming to this earth. Love to all the saints!!!

Thank you brother for helping this song emerge.

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Steve Miller

Detroit, MI, United States

Mar 28, 2014

Herbert was the 5th child of William and Catherine Booth, the founders of the Salvation Army. He was one of the most outstanding hymn writers in the Salvation Army. He wrote at least 30 songs and 18 choruses. He established the Salvation Army work in Canada for 4 years and Australia for 5 years. In 1902, he left the Salvation Army and travelled the globe giving lectures. - Songs of the Spirit by Martin

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