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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.

Never did I dream before

The Church As Our Home and Rest

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Never did I dream before,
Such a place could e’er be found,
Where the tears of sorrow cease,
Songs of endless joy abound.
One who seldom ever sang,
Now delights his voice to raise;
Singing hymns with all the saints,
Echoing the ceaseless praise.
2
Day by day the world goes on,
Just as it has gone before.
Millions grasp and clutch at life,
Wond’ring if there could be more;
Such was I and would be, yet
Mercy found me out somehow;
With what gratefulness I say,
“I’m in God’s own family now.”
3
How delightful ’tis to know;
How subjective, real, and sweet
Is this inward joy of grace
We experience when we meet;
Life abundant Jesus gives
As my full reality;
Praise You, Lord, it’s really true,
I’m in Your own family.
4
At the closing of this age,
Just before Your kingdom’s dawn,
May You gain a people, Lord,
For Your dwelling place, Your home.
Since for me You gave Your all,
Everything I lay aside;
For Your church my all I’d give,
That You would be satisfied.

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A.X

ICP, Irvine, United States

Jul 21, 2026

Never did I dream before,
Such a PLACE could e’er be found,
Where the tears of sorrow cease,
Songs of endless joy abound.
One who seldom ever sang,
Now delights his voice to raise;
Singing hymns with all the SAINTS,
Echoing the ceaseless praise.

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Tri

Jan 16, 2026

Since for me You gave Your all,
Everything I lay aside;
For Your church my all I’d give,
That You would be satisfied.
(Gen. 35:7)

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John Derick Cruz

Navotas City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Oct 8, 2025

Since for me You gave Your all,
Everything I lay aside;
For Your church my all I’d give,
That You would be satisfied.

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Nelson Liu

Irvine, CA, United States

Feb 24, 2024

Praise You, Lord, it’s really true, I’m in Your own family.

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Jeffrey

California, United States

Oct 2, 2023

One who seldom ever sang,
Now delights his voice to raise!
With what gratefulness I say,
“I’m in God’s own family now. ”

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Mercy Uzodinma

Portharcourt, River State, Nigeria

Apr 20, 2023

Amen Lord..
O Lord Jesus.
I'm in family Lord
Since for me you gave your all.
Everything I lay aside
For your church my all I'd give
That you would be satisfied 😘🤭

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Glenna Herron

Odessa, TX, United States

Jul 21, 2021

Such was I and would be yet, mercy found me out somehow. “For we were once foolish, disobedient, deceived…but when the kindness and love of our Savior God appeared He saved us. “. Titus 3:3-4

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Anonymous

Aug 15, 2020

Since for me You gave Your all,
Everything I lay aside;
For Your church my all I’d give,
That You would be satisfied.

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Isaac

Malaysia

Feb 28, 2020

Lord, I love You and Your church!

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Sunny Kang

Austin, TX, United States

Nov 23, 2019

Thank You Lord for your sovereign arrangement. Never did I dream before such a place could ever be found. It’s really true.

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