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{
"title": "Comfort, comfort ye my people",
"author": "",
"tune": "Thirsting",
"number": "148",
"lyrics": "Comfort, comfort ye my people,\nSpeak ye peace, thus saith our God;\nComfort those who sit in darkness,\nMourning 'neath their sorrow's load.\nSpeak ye to Jerusalem\nOf the peace that waits for them;\nTell her that her sins I cover,\nAnd her warfare now is over.\n\nYea, her sins our God will pardon,\nBlotting out each dark misdeed;\nAll that well deserved his anger\nHe no more will see or heed.\nShe hath suffered many a day\nNow her griefs have passed away;\nGod will change her pining sadness\nInto ever-springing gladness.\n\nFor the herald's voice is crying\nIn the desert far and near,\nBidding all men to repentance,\nSince the kingdom now is here.\nO that warning cry obey!\nNow prepare for God a way;\nLet the valleys rise to meet him,\nAnd the hills bow down to greet him.\n\nMake ye straight what long was crooked,\nMake the rougher places plain;\nLet your hearts be true and humble,\nAs befits his holy reign.\nFor the glory of the Lord\nNow o'er earth is shed abroad;\nAnd all flesh shall see the token,\nThat his word is never broken.",
"first_line": "Comfort, comfort ye my people,"
}