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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Crown him with many crowns",
"author": "",
"tune": "Diademata",
"number": "216",
"lyrics": "Crown him with many crowns,\nThe Lamb upon his throne;\nHark! how the heav'nly anthem drowns\nAll music but its own:\nAwake, my soul, and sing\nOf him who died for thee,\nAnd hail him as thy matchless King\nThrough all eternity.\n\nCrown him the Lord of love;\nBehold his hands and side,\nRich wounds, yet visible above,\nIn beauty glorified:\nNo angel in the sky\nCan fully bear that sight,\nBut downward bends his burning eye\nAt mysteries so bright.\n\nCrown him the Lord of peace;\nWhose pow'r a scepter sways\nFrom pole to pole, that wars may cease,\nAbsorbed in prayer and praise:\nHis reign shall know no end;\nAnd round his pierced feet\nFair flowers of Paradise extend\nTheir fragrance ever sweet.\n\nCrown him the Lord of years,\nThe Potentate of time;\nCreator of the rolling spheres,\nIneffably sublime:\nAll hail, Redeemer, hail!\nFor thou hast died for me:\nThy praise shall never, never fail\nThroughout eternity.",
"first_line": "Crown him with many crowns,"
}