{"slug": "alleluia-alleluia-hearts-to-heaven-and-voices-raise", "title": "Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise", "first_line": "Alleluia, alleluia! Hearts to Heav'n and voices raise: Sing", "index_first_line": "Alleluia, alleluia! Hearts to Heaven", "author": "christopher-wordsworth", "author_date": "1905", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Angels", "Art and Music", "Day", "Evening"], "scripture": ["Revelation 5:8-14", "Psalm 148:1-2"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:251; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1905).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "alleluia_alleluia_hearts_to_heaven_and_v", "total_instances": 234}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Al -- le -- lu -- ia, al -- le -- lu -- ia! Hearts to Heav'n and voic -- es raise: Sing to God a hymn of glad -- ness, sing to God a hymn of praise. He, who on the cross a Vic -- tim, for the world's sal -- va -- tion bled, Je -- sus Christ, the King of glo -- ry, now is ris -- en from the dead.", "prose": ["Alleluia, alleluia!", "Hearts to Heav'n and voices raise:", "Sing to God a hymn of gladness,", "sing to God a hymn of praise.", "He, who on the cross a Victim,", "for the world's salvation bled,", "Jesus Christ, the King of glory,", "now is risen from the dead."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Now the i -- ron bars are bro -- ken, Christ from death to life is born, Glor -- ious life, and life im -- mor -- tal, on the ho -- ly East -- er morn. Christ has tri -- umphed, and we con -- quer by His might -- y en -- ter -- prise: We with Him to life e -- ter -- nal by His res -- ur -- rec -- tion rise.", "prose": ["Now the iron bars are broken,", "Christ from death to life is born,", "Glorious life, and life immortal,", "on the holy Easter morn.", "Christ has triumphed, and we conquer", "by His mighty enterprise:", "We with Him to life eternal", "by His resurrection rise."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Christ is ris -- en, Christ, the first fruits of the ho -- ly har -- vest field, Which will all its full a -- bun -- dance at His sec -- ond com -- ing yield: Then the gol -- den ears of har -- vest will their heads be -- fore Him wave, Rip -- ened by His glor -- ious sun -- shine from the fur -- rows of the grave.", "prose": ["Christ is risen, Christ, the first fruits", "of the holy harvest field,", "Which will all its full abundance", "at His second coming yield:", "Then the golden ears of harvest", "will their heads before Him wave,", "Ripened by His glorious sunshine", "from the furrows of the grave."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Christ is ris -- en, we are ris -- en! Shed up -- on us heav'n -- ly grace, Rain and dew and gleams of glo -- ry from the bright -- ness of Thy face; That we, with our hearts in Heav -- en, here on earth may fruit -- ful be, And by an -- gel hands be gath -- ered, and be ev -- er, Lord, with Thee.", "prose": ["Christ is risen, we are risen!", "Shed upon us heav'nly grace,", "Rain and dew and gleams of glory", "from the brightness of Thy face;", "That we, with our hearts in Heaven,", "here on earth may fruitful be,", "And by angel hands be gathered,", "and be ever, Lord, with Thee."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Al -- le -- lu -- ia, al -- le -- lu -- ia! Glo -- ry be to God on high; Al -- le -- lu -- ia! to the Sav -- ior who has gained the vic -- to -- ry; Al -- le -- lu -- ia! to the Spir -- it, fount of love and sanc -- ti -- ty: Al -- le -- lu -- ia, al -- le -- lu -- ia! to the Tri -- une Maj -- es -- ty.", "prose": ["Alleluia, alleluia!", "Glory be to God on high;", "Alleluia! to the Savior", "who has gained the victory;", "Alleluia! to the Spirit,", "fount of love and sanctity:", "Alleluia, alleluia!", "to the Triune Majesty."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}