{"slug": "by-grace-i-m-saved", "title": "By Grace I'm Saved", "first_line": "By Grace I'm Saved", "author": "christian-l-scheidt", "author_date": "1915", "translator": "matthias-loy", "translator_date": "1915", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [9, 8, 9, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Assurance", "Atonement", "Bride", "Bridegroom", "Conscience"], "scripture": ["Ephesians 2:6", "Psalm 32:1-5", "John 14:1-6"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:182; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1915).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "by_grace_im_saved_grace_free_and_boundle", "total_instances": 24}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "By grace I'm saved -- grace free and bound -- less! My heart, be -- liev'st thou this or not? Why tremb -- lest thou with ter -- ror ground -- less? Has ev -- er God a false -- hood taught? His Word is true -- then this must be: By grace there is a crown for thee.", "prose": ["By grace I'm saved\u2014grace free and boundless!", "My heart, believ'st thou this or not?", "Why tremblest thou with terror groundless?", "Has ever God a falsehood taught?", "His Word is true\u2014then this must be:", "By grace there is a crown for thee."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "By grace! our works are all re -- ject -- ed, All claims of mer -- it pass for naught; The might -- y Sav -- ior, long ex -- pec -- ted, To us this bliss -- ful truth has brought, That He by death re -- deems our race, And we are saved a -- lone by grace.", "prose": ["By grace! our works are all rejected,", "All claims of merit pass for naught;", "The mighty Savior, long expected,", "To us this blissful truth has brought,", "That He by death redeems our race,", "And we are saved alone by grace."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "By grace! mark well this phra -- se's mean -- ing, When sin rolls sor -- rows o'er thy breast, When Sa -- tan threats with pride o'er -- ween -- ing, When troub -- led con -- science sighs for rest: What rea -- son ne'er can com -- pre -- hend It pleas -- es God by grace to send.", "prose": ["By grace! mark well this phrase's meaning,", "When sin rolls sorrows o'er thy breast,", "When Satan threats with pride o'erweening,", "When troubled conscience sighs for rest:", "What reason ne'er can comprehend", "It pleases God by grace to send."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "By grace His Son, on earth ap -- pear -- ing, Vouch -- safed be -- neath thy woe to bend; Hadst thou, dam -- na -- tion just -- ly fear -- ing, Done aught to ren -- der Him thy friend? Was't not that He thy wel -- fare sought, And but by grace de -- liv -- 'rance wrought?", "prose": ["By grace His Son, on earth appearing,", "Vouchsafed beneath thy woe to bend;", "Hadst thou, damnation justly fearing,", "Done aught to render Him thy friend?", "Was't not that He thy welfare sought,", "And but by grace deliv'rance wrought?"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "By grace! this ground of our sal -- va -- tion As long as God is true en -- dures: What saints have penned by in -- spi -- ra -- tion, What God to our poor soul se -- cures, What all our faith must rest up -- on, Is grace, free grace through His dear Son.", "prose": ["By grace! this ground of our salvation", "As long as God is true endures:", "What saints have penned by inspiration,", "What God to our poor soul secures,", "What all our faith must rest upon,", "Is grace, free grace through His dear Son."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}