{"slug": "doreancon-peters-admonition", "title": "Peter's Admonition", "first_line": "Searcher of hearts, before thy face", "author": "philip-doddridge", "author_date": "1755", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Repentance", "Prayer"], "scripture": ["Acts 8:18-24"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "doreancon-2026", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "gitlab.com/svrbc/doreancon.org \u2014 hymns/2026/musicxml (lyrics only; music intentionally not imported)", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Text: Philip Doddridge (1702-1751), 'Peter's Admonition to Simon Magus Turned into Prayer', pub. posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, 1755; public domain. Sung text follows the #doreancon 2026 conference hymnal (doreancon.org): 'minimally edited for clearer rhyme and metre in modern English' (2026.doreancon.org/hymns); the conference repository's owner confirmed to the book owner that his light 2026 edits are public domain (owner attestation, 2026-08-14). Lyrics-only extraction from the conference MusicXML (gitlab.com/svrbc/doreancon.org); the terminal sung Amen dropped; every stanza machine-checked against the metre.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Search -- er of hearts, be -- fore thy face I all my soul dis -- play and con -- scious of its in -- nate arts en -- treat thy strict sur -- vey", "prose": ["Searcher of hearts, before thy face", "I all my soul display", "and conscious of its innate arts", "entreat thy strict survey"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "If lurk -- ing in its in -- most folds I an -- y sin con -- ceal O let a ray of light di -- vine the se -- cret guile re -- veal", "prose": ["If lurking in its inmost folds", "I any sin conceal", "O let a ray of light divine", "the secret guile reveal"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "If tinc -- tured with that o -- d'ous gall un -- know -- ing I re -- main let grace, like a pure sil -- ver stream, wash out the cur -- sed stain", "prose": ["If tinctured with that od'ous gall", "unknowing I remain", "let grace, like a pure silver stream,", "wash out the cursed stain"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "If in these fa -- tal fet -- ters bound a wretch -- ed slave I be smite off my chains, and wake my soul to light and lib -- er -- ty", "prose": ["If in these fatal fetters bound", "a wretched slave I be", "smite off my chains, and wake my soul", "to light and liberty"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "To hum -- ble pen -- i -- tence and prayer thy gen -- tle pit -- y deal speak am -- ple par -- don to my heart its claim to heav -- en seal", "prose": ["To humble penitence and prayer", "thy gentle pity deal", "speak ample pardon to my heart", "its claim to heaven seal"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}