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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "I am a stranger here",
"author": "",
"tune": "The King's Business",
"number": "695",
"lyrics": "I am a stranger here, within a foreign land;\nMy home is far away, upon a golden strand;\nAmbassador to be of realms beyond the sea,\nI'm here on business for my King.\n\nThis is the message that I bring,\nA message angels fain would sing:\n\"Oh, be ye reconciled,\"\nThus saith my Lord and King,\n\"Oh, be ye reconciled to God.\"\n\nThis is the King's command: that all men, ev'rywhere,\nRepent and turn away from sin's seductive snare;\nThat all who will obey, with him shall reign for aye,\nAnd that's my business for my King.\n\nMy home is brighter far than Sharon's rosy plain,\nEternal life and joy throughout its vast domain;\nMy Sovereign bids me tell how mortals there may dwell,\nAnd that's my business for my King.",
"first_line": "I am a stranger here, within a foreign land;"
}