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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise thee",
"author": "",
"tune": "Ripley",
"number": "69",
"lyrics": "Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise thee\nFor the bliss thy love bestows,\nFor the pard'ning grace that saves me,\nAnd the peace that from it flows;\nHelp, O God, my weak endeavor;\nThis dull soul to rapture raise;\nThou must light the flame, or never\nCan my love be warmed to praise.\n\nPraise, my soul, the God that sought thee,\nWretched wand'rer far astray;\nFound thee lost, and kindly brought thee\nFrom the paths of death away;\nPraise, with love's devoutest feeling,\nHim who saw thy guilt-born fear,\nAnd, the light of hope revealing,\nBade the blood-stained cross appear.\n\nPraise thy Saviour God that drew thee\nTo that cross, new life to give,\nHeld a blood-sealed pardon to thee,\nBade thee look to him and live;\nPraise the grace whose threats alarmed thee,\nRoused thee from thy fatal ease,\nPraise the grace whose promise warmed thee,\nPraise the grace that whispered peace.\n\nLord, this bosom's ardent feeling\nVainly would my lips express;\nLow before thy footstool kneeling,\nDeign thy suppliant's prayer to bless:\nLet thy love, my soul's chief treasure,\nLove's pure flame within me raise,\nAnd, since words can never measure,\nLet my life show forth thy praise.",
"first_line": "Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise thee"
}