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Contains JSON data on the Trinity Hymnal
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{
"title": "Rock of Ages, cleft for me (tune 2)",
"author": "",
"tune": "Ajalon (Redhead No. 76)",
"number": "421",
"lyrics": "Rock of Ages, cleft for me\n\nLet me hide myself in thee;\n\nLet the water and the blood,\n\nFrom thy riven side which flowed,\n\nBe of sin the double cure,\n\nCleanse me from its guilt and pow'r.\n\n\nNot the labors of my hands\n\nCan fulfil thy law's demands;\n\nCould my zeal no respite know,\n\nCould my tears for ever flow,\n\nAll for sin could not atone;\n\nThou must save, and thou alone.\n\n\nNothing in my hand I bring,\n\nSimply to thy cross I cling;\n\nNaked, come to thee for dress,\n\nHelpless, look to thee for grace;\n\nFoul, I to the Fountain fly;\n\nWash me, Saviour, or I die.\n\n\nWhile I draw this fleeting breath,\n\nWhen mine eyelids close in death,\n\nWhen I soar to worlds unknown,\n\nSee thee on thy judgment throne,\n\nRock of Ages, cleft for me,\n\nLet me hide myself in thee.",
"first_line": "Rock of Ages, cleft for me"
}