{"slug": "come-your-heart-and-voices-raising", "title": "Come, Your Heart and Voices Raising", "first_line": "Come, your hearts and voices raising, Christ the Lord", "author": "paul-gerhardt", "author_date": "1913", "translator": "composite", "translator_date": "1913", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Angels", "Anticipation", "Christmas", "Advent", "God, Mercy of"], "scripture": ["Luke 2:8-15", "Colossians 1:19-20"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:52; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1913).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "at_the_fading_of_the_silent_night", "total_instances": 1}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Come, your hearts and voic -- es rais -- ing, Christ the Lord with glad -- ness prais -- ing; Loud -- ly sing His love a -- maz -- ing, Wor -- thy folk of Chris -- ten -- dom.", "prose": ["Come, your hearts and voices raising,", "Christ the Lord with gladness praising;", "Loudly sing His love amazing,", "Worthy folk of Christendom."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Sin and death may well be groan -- ing, Sa -- tan now may well be moan -- ing; We, our full sal -- va -- tion own -- ing, Cast our ev -- ery care a -- way.", "prose": ["Sin and death may well be groaning,", "Satan now may well be moaning;", "We, our full salvation owning,", "Cast our every care away."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "See how God, for us pro -- vid -- ing, Gave His Son and life a -- bid -- ing; He our wear -- y steps is guid -- ing From earth's woe to heav'n -- ly joy.", "prose": ["See how God, for us providing,", "Gave His Son and life abiding;", "He our weary steps is guiding", "From earth's woe to heav'nly joy."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Christ, from heav'n to us de -- scen -- ding And in love our race be -- frien -- ding, In our need His help ex -- ten -- ding, Saved us from the wi -- ly Foe.", "prose": ["Christ, from heav'n to us descending", "And in love our race befriending,", "In our need His help extending,", "Saved us from the wily Foe."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Ja -- cob's Star in all its splen -- dor Beams with com -- fort sweet and ten -- der, For -- cing Sa -- tan to surr -- en -- der, Break -- ing all the pow'rs of hell.", "prose": ["Jacob's Star in all its splendor", "Beams with comfort sweet and tender,", "Forcing Satan to surrender,", "Breaking all the pow'rs of hell."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}