trinity-hymnal-data
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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb",
"author": "",
"tune": "Canonbury",
"number": "93",
"lyrics": "Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb\nTo search the starry vault profound;\nIn vain would wing her flight sublime\nTo find creation's utmost bound.\n\nBut weaker yet that thought must prove\nTo search thy great eternal plan,\nThy sovereign counsels, born of love\nLong ages ere the world began.\n\nWhen my dim reason would demand\nWhy that, or this, thou dost ordain,\nBy some vast deep I seem to stand,\nWhose secrets I must ask in vain.\n\nWhen doubts disturb my troubled breast,\nAnd all is dark as night to me,\nHere, as on solid rock, I rest,\nThat so it seemeth good to thee.\n\nBe this my joy, that evermore\nThou rulest all things at thy will;\nThy sovereign wisdom I adore,\nAnd calmly, sweetly, trust thee still.",
"first_line": "Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb"
}