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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.

To God be the glory, great things He hath done

Worship of the Father His Redemption

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To God be the glory, great things He hath done,
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life our redemption to win,
And opened the life-gate that all may go in.
 
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice;
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice;
Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory; great things He hath done.
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Oh, perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
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Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport when Jesus we see.

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Love Ovie

Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Jun 10, 2025

Thank you my memories of all my hymns are back to God be the Glory

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Enudi Happiness

Lagos, Nigeria

Jun 8, 2025

I love the hymn ❤️

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Mary Dickerson Frantz

The Villages, Florida, United States

Jun 7, 2025

Thank you for printing this! It expresses my joy! I was lacking some of the words. Thank you so much

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Kris

Van Buren, Arkansas, United States

Jun 6, 2025

Was about to drift off to sleep and this song came to mind, couldn’t remember all the words to last verse, what a beautiful praise song to end my day.

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Un Hermano

Jun 5, 2025

Now this wonderful One, the Triune God incarnated to be embodied as a man, has been expanded, increased, and enlarged. In His expansion and enlargement, Christ has become the tabernacle, God’s dwelling place. As such a tabernacle, He is enterable.

When God was in Christ only, no one could enter into Him. Without Christ’s expansion, no one could enter into God. But now, in His expansion into a tabernacle, Christ is not only God’s dwelling place but also the place where we can enter into God. Today we can enter into God, taking Christ as our life that He may be the meaning of our life. As He is our life to be the meaning of life to us, He is our testimony. We live Him, express Him, show Him, in every aspect and in every direction. Then He spontaneously becomes our center. Therefore, Christ today is our meaning of life, our testimony, and our center.

Life-study of Numbers

Message 2 (LSM)

The psalmists enjoyed God through the suffering, exalted, and reigning Christ. Such a Christ is the way for us sinners to enter into God. Now we enjoy God as our God in Christ as the home and in the church as the city. Our enjoyment of God is through a stairway, and this stairway is Christ—the suffering One, the exalted One, and the reigning One. In Book Two of the Psalms, Christ’s suffering, Christ’s being exalted, and Christ’s reigning are stressed.

Life-study of the Psalms

Message 19 (LSM)

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Moses

Seattle, WA, United States

Jun 1, 2025

Praise the Lord!!!

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Calvin

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jun 1, 2025

Wowzers so impactful 🙏

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Ceo

Asaba, Delta, Nigeria

May 31, 2025

Glory to God

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Blessing

Lokoja, Kogi Obajana Penial Chapel, Nigeria

May 25, 2025

Hallelujah 🙏🙏

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Emmanuel Sawe

Kitwe, Copperbelt, Zambia

May 23, 2025

This is a great song

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