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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray",
"author": "",
"tune": "Germany",
"number": "322",
"lyrics": "Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray,\nIn this thy house, on this thy day;\nAnd own, as grateful sacrifice,\nThe songs which from thy temple rise.\n\nNow met to pray and bless thy Name,\nWhose mercies flow each day the same,\nWhose kind compassions never cease,\nWe seek instruction, pardon, peace.\n\nThine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love,\nBut there's a nobler rest above;\nTo that our lab'ring souls aspire\nWith ardent hope and strong desire.\n\nIn thy blest kingdom we shall be\nFrom ev'ry mortal trouble free;\nNo sighs shall mingle with the songs\nResounding from immortal tongues;\n\nNo rude alarms of raging foes;\nNo cares to break the long repose;\nNo midnight shade, no waning moon,\nBut sacred, high, eternal noon.\n\nO long-expected day, begin,\nDawn on these realms of woe and sin!\nBreak, morn of God, upon our eyes;\nAnd let the world's true Sun arise!",
"first_line": "Lord of the Sabbath, hear us pray,"
}