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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.

If I gained the world, but lost the Savior

Gospel General

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If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Were my life worth living for a day?
Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort
In the things that soon must pass away?
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Would my gain be worth the lifelong strife?
Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing
For a moment with a Christ-filled life?
2
Had I wealth and love in fullest measure,
And a name revered both far and near,
Yet no hope beyond, no harbor waiting,
Where my storm-tossed vessel I could steer;
If I gained the world, but lost the Savior,
Who endured the cross and died for me,
Could then all the world afford a refuge,
Whither, in my anguish, I might flee?
3
O what emptiness!—without the Savior
’Mid the sins and sorrows here below!
And eternity, how dark without Him!
Only night and tears and endless woe!
What, though I might live without the Savior,
When I come to die, how would it be?
O to face the valley’s gloom without Him!
And without Him all eternity!
4
O the joy of having all in Jesus!
What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne’er a sin so great, but He’ll forgive it,
Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus, only Jesus,
Nothing else in all the world beside—
O then everything is mine in Jesus;
For my needs and more He will provide.

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Lizzy

Benin, Edo

Sep 20, 2014

Without Christ, life is completely meaningless.

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Stephanie Azubuike

Denton, Texas, United States

Feb 18, 2014

Oh Lord Jesus, to live in You is only gain. To pursue You is to gain. May our hearts be intertwined with Your unfailing love, day by day and moment by moment.

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Crystal Mandudi

Denton, Texas, United States

Oct 7, 2013

Oh Lord Jesus, only You can satisfy us! I don't want to go a day without You! Not one! Our true satisfaction is not gaining the things of this world, but gaining YOU! May we gain You more and You gain us more!

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Jofel Bantilan

Zamboanga Del Sur, Philippines

Aug 4, 2012

O what emptiness without the Savior. This song is the song that I can't forget in my training in PTO...

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Brad Handrop

Pensacola, Fl, United States

Jun 23, 2012

Blessed song. Thanks for the lyrics. May it continue to touch others.

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Jho Adlawan

Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines

Apr 15, 2012

Nothing in this world can compare to Our Lord Jesus Christ. Everything we need is in Jesus Himself, because all that we seen in this world are only shadow, CHRIST is the reality, and real satisfaction, Oh the Joy of having all in Jesus.

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Rozzanne Morales

Nueva Ecija

Dec 27, 2011

Oh Lord Jesus I love You.

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Kathleen Joy P.

Villasis, Pangasinan, Philippines

Sep 4, 2011

Whenever I have time to listen to this song, it always reminds me that He is everything to us. All the riches, worldly pleasures can never satisfy me, all are just vanity of vanities. PTL! that He keeps on reminding us, O how we need to turn to Him.

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Ajayi Taiwo

Ternopil, Oblast Ternopil, Ukraine

May 24, 2011

Whenever I have the opportunity to listen to this song, it has a property of breaking and giving me a renewed focus about the Lord. If I gained the world but lost my Savior is rather an endless tragedy that can happen to our world. What can a man give in exchange for his soul.

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Believer In Christ

Florida, United States

Apr 13, 2011

This song really touched the depths of my hardened heart. I was at the point of questioning whether I could continue my pursuit of the Lord, hopeless and disillusioned by everything the world had to offer. I broke down in tears upon hearing the song and applying the words to my own situation. I realize that God has a plan and the world is just a distraction, having the potential to hinder your spiritual growth. Praise Him for allowing us to be humbled and brought back to Him!

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