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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Hail to the Lord's Anointed",
"author": "",
"tune": "Aurelia",
"number": "224",
"lyrics": "Hail to the Lord's Anointed,\nGreat David's greater Son!\nHail, in the time appointed,\nHis reign on earth begun!\nHe comes to break oppression,\nTo set the captive free,\nTo take away transgression,\nAnd rule in equity.\n\nHe comes with succor speedy\nTo those who suffer wrong;\nTo help the poor and needy,\nAnd bid the weak be strong;\nTo give them songs for sighing,\nTheir darkness turn to light,\nWhose souls, condemned and dying,\nWere precious in his sight,\n\nHe shall come down like showers\nUpon the fruitful earth;\nAnd love, joy, hope, like flowers,\nSpring in his path to birth;\nBefore him on the mountains\nShall peace, the herald, go;\nAnd righteousness, in fountains,\nFrom hill to valley flow.\n\nO'er ev'ry foe victorious,\nHe on his throne shall rest,\nFrom age to age more glorious,\nAll-blessing and all-blessed;\nThe tide of time shall never\nHis covenant remove;\nHis Name shall stand for ever\nThat Name to us is Love.",
"first_line": "Hail to the Lord's Anointed,"
}