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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Faith of our fathers! living still",
"author": "",
"tune": "St. Catherine",
"number": "487",
"lyrics": "Faith of our fathers! living still\nIn spite of dungeon, fire and sword;\nO how our hearts beat high with joy\nWhene'er we hear God's glorious Word:\n\nFaith of our fathers, holy faith!\nWe will be true to thee till death.\n\nOur fathers, chained in prisons dark,\nWere still in heart and conscience free;\nAnd blest would be their children's fate\nIf they, like them, should die for thee:\n\nFaith of our fathers! God's great pow'r\nShall draw all nations unto thee;\nAnd through the truth that comes from God\nHis people shall indeed be free:\n\nFaith of our fathers! we will love\nBoth friend and foe in all our strife,\nAnd preach thee, too, as love knows how\nBy witness true and virtuous life:",
"first_line": "Faith of our fathers! living still"
}