{"slug": "dear-christians-one-and-all-rejoice", "title": "Dear Christians, One and All Rejoice", "first_line": "Dear Christians, one and all rejoice, With exultation springing", "author": "martin-luther", "author_date": "1883", "translator": "richard-massie", "translator_date": "1883", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 7, 8, 7, 8, 8, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Assurance", "Atonement", "Blood", "Brotherhood"], "scripture": ["1 Peter 1:6-9", "1 John 4:14", "Psalm 98:1-3", "2 Timothy 1:9-10"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:184; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1883).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "dear_christians_one_and_all_rejoice_with", "total_instances": 37}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Dear Christ -- ians, one and all re -- joice, With ex -- ul -- ta -- tion spring -- ing, And with u -- nit -- ed heart and voice And ho -- ly rap -- ture sing -- ing, Pro -- claim the won -- ders God hath done, How his right arm the vic -- t'ry won; Right dear -- ly it hath cost him.", "prose": ["Dear Christians, one and all rejoice,", "With exultation springing,", "And with united heart and voice", "And holy rapture singing,", "Proclaim the wonders God hath done,", "How his right arm the vict'ry won;", "Right dearly it hath cost him."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Fast bound in Sa -- tan's chains I lay. Death brood -- ed dark -- ly o'er me; Sin was my tor -- ment night and day, There -- in my moth -- er bore me. Deep -- er and deep -- er still I fell, Life was be -- come a liv -- ing hell, So firm -- ly sin po -- ssessed me.", "prose": ["Fast bound in Satan's chains I lay.", "Death brooded darkly o'er me;", "Sin was my torment night and day,", "Therein my mother bore me.", "Deeper and deeper still I fell,", "Life was become a living hell,", "So firmly sin possessed me."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My good works could a -- vail me naught, For they with sin were stain -- \u00e9d; Free -- will a -- gainst God's judg -- ment fought, And dead to good re -- main -- \u00e9d. Grief drove me to des -- pair, and I Had noth -- ing left me but to die, To hell I fast was sink -- ing.", "prose": ["My good works could avail me naught,", "For they with sin were stain\u00e9d;", "Freewill against God's judgment fought,", "And dead to good remain\u00e9d.", "Grief drove me to despair, and I", "Had nothing left me but to die,", "To hell I fast was sinking."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "God saw, in his e -- ter -- nal grace, My sor -- row out of mea -- sure; He thought up -- on his ten -- der -- ness To save was his good pleas -- ure. He turn'd to me a Fa -- ther's heart -- Not small the cost to heal my smart He gave his best and dear -- est.", "prose": ["God saw, in his eternal grace,", "My sorrow out of measure;", "He thought upon his tenderness", "To save was his good pleasure.", "He turn'd to me a Father's heart\u2014", "Not small the cost to heal my smart", "He gave his best and dearest."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "He spake to his be -- lov -- ed Son: 'Tis time to take com -- pass -- ion; Then go, bright jew -- el of my crown, And bring to man sal -- va -- tion; From sin and sor -- row set him free, Slay bit -- ter death for him, that he May live with thee for -- ev -- er.", "prose": ["He spake to his beloved Son:", "'Tis time to take compassion;", "Then go, bright jewel of my crown,", "And bring to man salvation;", "From sin and sorrow set him free,", "Slay bitter death for him, that he", "May live with thee forever."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}