{"slug": "blessed-assurance", "title": "Blessed Assurance", "first_line": "Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine", "author": "fanny-crosby", "author_date": "1873", "foot": "dactylic", "meter": {"pattern": [9, 10, 9, 9], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Angels", "Anticipation", "Assurance", "Blood", "Jesus", "Knowledge", "Obedience", "Presence", "Promises (see also Gospel)", "Salvation", "Submission"], "scripture": ["Hebrews 10:21-23", "Psalm 71:24", "Romans 5:1"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "the-lesser-hymnal-1875", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:195 (line 24670); Words Fanny J. Crosby 1873 (d. 1915); all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Bless -- ed as -- sur -- ance, Je -- sus is mine! O what a fore -- taste of glo -- ry di -- vine! Heir of sal -- va -- tion, pur -- chase of God, Born of His Spir -- it, washed in His blood.", "prose": ["Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!", "O what a foretaste of glory divine!", "Heir of salvation, purchase of God,", "Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Per -- fect sub -- mis -- sion, per -- fect de -- light, Vis -- ions of rap -- ture now burst on my sight; An -- gels de -- scend -- ing bring from a -- bove Ech -- oes of mer -- cy, whisp -- ers of love.", "prose": ["Perfect submission, perfect delight,", "Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;", "Angels descending bring from above", "Echoes of mercy, whispers of love."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Per -- fect sub -- mis -- sion, all is at rest I in my Sav -- ior am hap -- py and blest, Watch -- ing and wait -- ing, look -- ing a -- bove, Filled with His good -- ness, lost in His love.", "prose": ["Perfect submission, all is at rest", "I in my Savior am happy and blest,", "Watching and waiting, looking above,", "Filled with His goodness, lost in His love."]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "This is my stor -- y, this is my song, Prais -- ing my Sav -- ior, all the day long; This is my stor -- y, this is my song, Prais -- ing my Sav -- ior, all the day long.", "prose": ["This is my story, this is my song,", "Praising my Savior, all the day long;", "This is my story, this is my song,", "Praising my Savior, all the day long."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}