{"slug": "behold-the-amazing-gift-of-love", "title": "Behold the Amazing Gift of Love", "first_line": "Behold the Amazing Gift of Love", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1709", "adapter": "william-cameron", "adapter_date": "1781", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Adoption", "Love of God", "Hope"], "scripture": ["1 John 3:1"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts, \"Behold what wondrous grace,\" Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1709), Book I, No. 64; paraphrased by William Cameron (1751\u20131811) for the Scottish Translations and Paraphrases, 1781 (Paraphrase 60). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Be -- hold th'a -- maz -- ing gift of love The Fa -- ther hath be -- stowed On us, the sin -- ful sons of men To call us sons of God", "prose": ["Behold th'amazing gift of love", "The Father hath bestowed", "On us, the sinful sons of men,", "To call us sons of God!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Con -- cealed as yet this hon -- or lies, By this dark world un -- known, A world that knew not when He came, E'en God's e -- ter -- nal Son.", "prose": ["Concealed as yet this honor lies,", "By this dark world unknown,", "A world that knew not when He came,", "Even God's eternal Son."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "High is the rank we now pos -- sess; But high -- er we shall rise; Though what we shall here -- af -- ter be Is hid from mor -- tal eyes.", "prose": ["High is the rank we now possess;", "But higher we shall rise;", "Though what we shall hereafter be", "Is hid from mortal eyes."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Our souls, we know, when He ap -- pears, Shall bear His im -- age bright; For all His glo -- ry, full dis -- closed, Shall o -- pen to our sight.", "prose": ["Our souls, we know, when He appears,", "Shall bear His image bright;", "For all His glory, full disclosed,", "Shall open to our sight."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "A hope so great, and so di -- vine, May tri -- als well en -- dure; And purge the soul from sense and sin, As Christ Him -- self is pure.", "prose": ["A hope so great, and so divine,", "May trials well endure;", "And purge the soul from sense and sin,", "As Christ Himself is pure."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}