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{ "title": "In the hour of trial, Jesus, plead for me", "author": "", "tune": "Penitence (Lane)", "number": "475", "lyrics": "In the hour of trial,\nJesus, plead for me;\nLest by base denial\nI depart from thee;\nWhen thou seest me waver,\nWith a look recall,\nNor for fear or favor\nSuffer me to fall.\n\nWith its witching pleasures\nWould this vain world charm,\nOr its sordid treasures\nSpread to work me harm,\nBring to my remembrance\nSad Gethsemane,\nOr, in darker semblance,\nCross-crowned Calvary.\n\nIf with sore affliction\nThou in love chastise,\nPour thy benediction\nOn the sacrifice;\nThen, upon thine altar\nFreely offered up,\nThough the flesh may falter,\nFaith shall drink the cup.\n\nWhen in dust and ashes\nTo the grave I sink,\nWhile heav'n's glory flashes\nO'er the shelving brink,\nOn thy truth relying\nThrough that mortal strife,\nLord, receive me, dying,\nTo eternal life.", "first_line": "In the hour of trial," }