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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds",
"author": "",
"tune": "St. Peter",
"number": "544",
"lyrics": "How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds\nIn a believer's ear!\nIt soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,\nAnd drives away his fear.\n\nIt makes the wounded spirit whole,\nAnd calms the troubled breast;\n'Tis manna to the hungry soul,\nAnd to the weary rest.\n\nDear Name! the Rock on which I build,\nMy Shield and hiding place,\nMy never-failing Treasury filled\nWith boundless stores of grace;\n\nJesus, my Shepherd, Brother, Friend,\nMy Prophet, Priest, and King,\nMy Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,\nAccept the praise I bring.\n\nWeak is the effort of my heart,\nAnd cold my warmest thought;\nBut when I see thee as thou art,\nI'll praise thee as I ought.\n\nTill then I would thy love proclaim\nWith ev'ry fleeting breath;\nAnd may the music of thy Name\nRefresh my soul in death.",
"first_line": "How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds"
}