{"slug": "children-of-the-heavenly-father", "title": "Children of the Heavenly Father", "first_line": "Children of the Heavenly Father", "author": "carolina-sandell-berg", "author_date": "1855", "translator": "ernst-w-olson", "translator_date": "1925", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Trust", "Comfort", "Assurance", "Providence"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Carolina Sandell Berg, \"Tryggare kan ingen vara\" (1855); English translation by Ernst W. Olson, 1925 (The Hymnal, Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Chil -- dren of the heav'n -- ly Fa -- ther Safe -- ly in His bos -- om gath -- er; Nest -- ling bird nor star in heav -- en Such a ref -- uge e'er was giv -- en.", "prose": ["Children of the heav'nly Father", "Safely in His bosom gather;", "Nestling bird nor star in heaven", "Such a refuge e'er was given."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "God His own doth tend and nour -- ish, In His ho -- ly courts they flour -- ish; From all e -- vil things He spares them, In His might -- y arms He bears them.", "prose": ["God His own doth tend and nourish,", "In His holy courts they flourish;", "From all evil things He spares them,", "In His mighty arms He bears them."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Nei -- ther life nor death shall ev -- er From the Lord His chil -- dren sev -- er; Un -- to them His grace He show -- eth, And their sor -- rows all He know -- eth.", "prose": ["Neither life nor death shall ever", "From the Lord His children sever;", "Unto them His grace He showeth,", "And their sorrows all He knoweth."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Though He giv -- eth or He tak -- eth, God His chil -- dren ne'er for -- sak -- eth; His the lov -- ing pur -- pose sole -- ly To pre -- serve them pure and ho -- ly.", "prose": ["Though He giveth or He taketh,", "God His children ne'er forsaketh;", "His the loving purpose solely", "To preserve them pure and holy."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}