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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Not all the blood of beasts",
"author": "",
"tune": "Olmutz",
"number": "176",
"lyrics": "Not all the blood of beasts\nOn Jewish altars slain,\nCould give the guilty conscience peace,\nOr wash away the stain:\n\nBut Christ, the heavenly Lamb\nTakes all our sins away,\nA sacrifice of nobler name\nAnd richer blood than they.\n\nMy faith would lay her hand\nOn that dear head of thine,\nWhile like a penitent I stand,\nAnd there confess my sin.\n\nMy soul looks back to see\nThe burdens thou didst bear,\nWhen hanging on the cursed tree,\nAnd knows her guilt was there.\n\nBelieving, we rejoice\nTo see the curse remove;\nWe bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,\nAnd sing his bleeding love.",
"first_line": "Not all the blood of beasts"
}