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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "O Father all creating",
"author": "",
"tune": "Savoy Chapel",
"number": "628",
"lyrics": "O Father all creating,\nWhose wisdom, love, and power\nFirst bound two lives together\nIn Eden's primal hour,\nToday to these thy children\nThine earliest gifts renew,\nA home by thee made happy,\nA love by thee kept true.\n\nO Saviour, guest most bounteous\nOf old in Galilee,\nVouchsafe today thy presence\nWith these who call on thee;\nTheir store of earthly gladness\nTransform to heav'nly wine,\nAnd teach them in the tasting\nTo know the gift is thine.\n\nO Spirit of the Father,\nBreathe on them from above,\nSo mighty in thy pureness\nSo tender in thy love,\nThat, guarded by thy presence,\nFrom sin and strife kept free,\nTheir lives may own thy guidance,\nTheir hearts be ruled by thee.\n\nExcept thou build it, Father,\nThe house is built in vain;\nExcept thou, Saviour, bless it,\nThe joy will turn to pain;\nBut nought can break the union\nOf hearts in thee made one;\nAnd love thy Spirit hallows\nIs endless love begun.",
"first_line": "O Father all creating,"
}