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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy",
"author": "",
"tune": "",
"number": "160",
"lyrics": "God rest you merry, gentlemen,\nLet nothing you dismay,\nRemember Christ our Saviour\nWas born on Christmas day,\nTo save us all from Satan's power\nWhen we were gone astray;\n\nO tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,\nO tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy.\n\nFrom God our heav'nly Father,\nA blessed angel came;\nAnd unto certain shepherds\nBrought tidings of the same:\nHow that in Bethlehem was born\nThe son of God by name.\n\n'Fear not then,' said the angel,\n'Let nothing you affright,\nThis day is born a Saviour\nOf a pure virgin bright,\nTo free all those who trust in him\nFrom Satan's power and might.'\n\nThe shepherds at those tidings\nRejoiced much in mind,\nAnd left their flocks afeeding,\nIn tempest, storm, and wind:\nAnd went to Bethlehem straightway,\nThe Son of God to find.",
"first_line": "God rest you merry, gentlemen,"
}