{"slug": "ask-ye-what-great-thing-i-know", "title": "Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know", "first_line": "Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know", "author": "johann-christoph-schwedler", "author_date": "1741", "translator": "benjamin-hall-kennedy", "translator_date": "1863", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 7, 7, 7, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Jesus Christ", "Faith", "Devotion"], "scripture": ["1 Corinthians 2:2"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Johann Christoph Schwedler (1672-1730), \"Wollt ihr wissen, was mein Preis?\", published posthumously in the Hirschberger Gesangbuch, 1741; translated from the German by Benjamin H. Kennedy (1804-1889) in Hymnologia Christiana, 1863. Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931. (Stanza 6 line 4 uses the standard \"o'er\" contraction for the 7-syllable line; the Cyber Hymnal prints \"over\".)", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Ask ye what great thing I know, That de -- lights and stirs me so? What the high re -- ward I win? Whose the name I glo -- ry in? Je -- sus Christ, the Cru -- ci -- fied.", "prose": ["Ask ye what great thing I know,", "That delights and stirs me so?", "What the high reward I win?", "Whose the name I glory in?", "Jesus Christ, the Crucified."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "What is faith's foun -- da -- tion strong? What a -- wakes my heart to song? He who bore my sin -- ful load, Pur -- chased for me peace with God, Je -- sus Christ, the Cru -- ci -- fied.", "prose": ["What is faith's foundation strong?", "What awakes my heart to song?", "He who bore my sinful load,", "Purchased for me peace with God,", "Jesus Christ, the Crucified."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Who is He that makes me wise To dis -- cern where du -- ty lies? Who is He that makes me true Du -- ty, when dis -- cerned to do, Je -- sus Christ, the Cru -- ci -- fied.", "prose": ["Who is He that makes me wise", "To discern where duty lies?", "Who is He that makes me true", "Duty, when discerned to do,", "Jesus Christ, the Crucified."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Who de -- feats my fierc -- est foes? Who con -- soles my sad -- dest woes? Who re -- vives my faint -- ing heart, Heal -- ing all its hid -- den smart? Je -- sus Christ, the Cru -- ci -- fied.", "prose": ["Who defeats my fiercest foes?", "Who consoles my saddest woes?", "Who revives my fainting heart,", "Healing all its hidden smart?", "Jesus Christ, the Crucified."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Who is life in life to me? Who the death of death will be? Who will place me on His right, With the count -- less hosts of light? Je -- sus Christ, the Cru -- ci -- fied.", "prose": ["Who is life in life to me?", "Who the death of death will be?", "Who will place me on His right,", "With the countless hosts of light?", "Jesus Christ, the Crucified."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "This is that great thing I know; This de -- lights and stirs me so; Faith in Him who died to save, Him who tri -- umphed o'er the grave: Je -- sus Christ, the Cru -- ci -- fied.", "prose": ["This is that great thing I know;", "This delights and stirs me so;", "Faith in Him who died to save,", "Him who triumphed o'er the grave:", "Jesus Christ, the Crucified."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}