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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Rejoice, all ye believers",
"author": "",
"tune": "Lancashire",
"number": "233",
"lyrics": "Rejoice, all ye believers,\nAnd let your lights appear;\nThe evening is advancing,\nAnd darker night is near:\nThe Bridegroom is arising,\nAnd soon he draweth nigh;\nUp, pray, and watch, and wrestle:\nAt midnight comes the cry.\n\nSee that your lamps are burning;\nReplenish them with oil;\nAnd wait for your salvation,\nThe end of earthly toil.\nThe watchers on the mountain\nProclaim the Bridegroom near,\nGo meet him as he cometh,\nWith Alleluias clear.\n\nYe saints, who here in patience\nYour cross and suff'rings bore,\nShall live and reign for ever,\nWhen sorrow is no more:\nAround the throne of glory\nThe Lamb ye shall behold,\nIn triumph cast before him\nYour diadems of gold.\n\nOur Hope and Expectation,\nO Jesus, now appear;\nArise, thou Sun so longed for,\nO'er this benighted sphere.\nWith hearts and hands uplifted,\nWe plead, O Lord to see\nThe day of earth's redemption\nThat brings us unto thee.",
"first_line": "Rejoice, all ye believers,"
}