Beneath the Cross of Jesus Copywork
The three stanzas hymnals kept from Clephane's longer original poem
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About this printable
Long, image-rich lines make this a good step up for students ready for more than four-beat verse. The imagery of shade, rest, and shelter gives the copying a settled, meditative quality. Well suited to older students or an all-ages hymn-of-the-month study. 13 pages, 1/4-inch letters in joined cursive on dashed manuscript lines. Sheets included: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only. Elizabeth Clephane, 1868. Public domain text.
ON THIS SHEET: Beneath the cross of Jesus · I fain would take my stand, · The shadow of a mighty rock · Within a weary land; · A home within the wilderness, · A rest upon the way, · From the burning of the noontide heat, · And the burden of the day. — Upon the cross of Jesus · Mine eye at times can see · The very dying form of One · Who suffered there for me; · And from my smitten heart with tears · Two wonders I confess: · The wonders of redeeming love · And my unworthiness. — I take, O cross, thy shadow · For my abiding place; · I ask no other sunshine than · The sunshine of His face; · Content to let the world go by, · To know no gain nor loss, · My sinful self my only shame, · My glory all the cross. — Elizabeth Clephane, 1868. LETTER SIZE: 1/4-inch. HANDWRITING: joined cursive. SHEETS: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only.
- Category Hymns
- Price $0.50
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Inside the PDF
3 pages from the 13-page PDF, as they print.
A plan for this set
A longer text: give Steps 1, 2 and 3 about two weeks, one sheet a day.
- Days 1–4 Copywork (Step 1). Read the whole text, then copy it exactly.
- Days 5–8 First Letter Hints (Step 2). Write it again with only the first letter of each word as a prompt.
- Days 9–10 Memory Lines (Step 3). Write it from memory on lines sized to each word.
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