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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.

Pursue Him and know Him

Consecration Surrendering All to the Lord

Long Beach Songbook41
1
Pursue Him and know Him; be found in Him.
Count all things loss for Him.
Just gain Him, obtain Him; lay hold of Him.
It’s Christ the central vision.
 
Forgetting the things which are behind,
Press on, pursue with this mind.
By any means each hour now redeem;
Stretch forth, lay hold of Him.
2
Pursue Him and seize Him, Christ the supreme.
Just love this precious Person.
Forgetting and leaving all other things,
Love Him with your whole being.
3
Christ now is my center and reality,
My life for eternity.
All things are just dung compared to Him,
So love and just gain Him!

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Anonymous

Northeast, United States

Mar 31, 2016

Lord, I want to forget the things behind me, and just gain You, love You, seize You, and pursue You!

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Chase

Irvine, CA, United States

Jan 17, 2016

It's only CHRIST!!!!! We only care for Christ! Stretch forth to lay hold of Christ, love Christ, live Christ! O Lord Jesus! 2 Cor. 2:10 "in the person of Christ".

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Matthew and Jonathan

Irvine, CA, United States

Dec 19, 2015

Christ is now our center and our reality!

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Anonymous

East

Sep 27, 2015

Today in His recovery the LORD is working to bring us into the reality of the Body of Christ as the temple church life with a corporate living in our spirit as the Holy of Holies for His enlarged and expanded expression—1 Kings 8:11, 48; Eph.2:21-22. Amen LORD Bless YOUR upcoming ITERO in Brazil, it is time we ask LORD Do as YOUR word, promise, heart's desire, we want YOU. Going on God we worship YOU in thanksgivings, Come our Beloved LORD JESUS.

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Nelson Liu

Irvine, CA, United States

Apr 10, 2015

Pursue Him! Forget the things behind!

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Jean Patience

Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic Of Congo

Apr 7, 2015

"Forgetting and leaving all other things,
Love Him with your whole being."
O Halleluia!!!

That's what I want O Lord. Help me to love and serve only You!!!!

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Benjaminsabado

Urdaneta, Pangasinan, Philippines

Jun 21, 2013

Lingering to our past experiences hinders us from pursuing Him..

I remember Lot's wife when she took a lingering look backward at Sodom; she became a pillar of salt. Pursuing the Lord requires our forgetting the things which are behind, otherwise we will be left in shame... Lord! Have mercy on us...

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Glemis Sis

Sibu, Malaysia

Jun 20, 2013

Hallelujah!! Praise The Lord!! We must forget the things which are behind!! Amen!!

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Antonio Garapan Jr.

El Salvador, Misamis Oriental, Philippines

Jan 11, 2011

This song proves that we should pursue God all the time in order for us to be filled in spirit. Amen.

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Myeonghwan Choi

Busan, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Apr 18, 2010

When I go to the young people's meetings, people sing this hymn many times. I'm surprised with the fact that this song is here!

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