{"slug": "hark-the-glad-sound", "title": "Hark, the Glad Sound", "first_line": "Hark, the glad sound! the Savior comes", "author": "philip-doddridge", "author_date": "1735", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Art and Music", "Atonement", "Christmas", "Advent", "Fire", "God, As King", "God, Care of", "God, Goodness of", "God, Love of", "Holy Spirit", "Jesus", "Joy", "Praise, Son", "Presence", "Salvation", "Throne (also see God - As King)", "Victory", "Worship"], "scripture": ["Luke 4:18-19", "Isaiah 61:1-2", "Revelation 5:11-12", "Psalm 107:13-14", "Acts 16:25-34", "Leviticus 25:9-10", "Mark 2:18-22"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "doddridge-1755", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Words Philip Doddridge, written 1735, pub. \"Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures\" 1755 (author d. 1751). Open Hymnal X:34 (line 1668).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Hark, the glad sound! the Sav -- ior comes! The Sav -- ior pro -- mised long; Let ev -- ery heart pre -- pare a throne, And ev -- ery voice a song.", "prose": ["Hark, the glad sound! the Savior comes!", "The Savior promised long;", "Let every heart prepare a throne,", "And every voice a song."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "On Him the Spir -- it, large -- ly poured, Ex -- erts its sac -- red Fire; Wis -- dom and might, and zeal and love, His ho -- ly Breast in -- spire.", "prose": ["On Him the Spirit, largely poured,", "Exerts its sacred Fire;", "Wisdom and might, and zeal and love,", "His holy Breast inspire."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "He comes the pris -- 'ners to re -- lease, In Sa -- tan's bon -- dage held; The gates of brass be -- fore Him burst, The ir -- on fet -- ters yield.", "prose": ["He comes the pris'ners to release,", "In Satan's bondage held;", "The gates of brass before Him burst,", "The iron fetters yield."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "He comes from thick -- est films of vice To clear the men -- tal ray, And on the eye -- balls of the blind To pour ce -- les -- tial day.", "prose": ["He comes from thickest films of vice", "To clear the mental ray,", "And on the eyeballs of the blind", "To pour celestial day."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "He comes the bro -- ken heart to bind, The bleed -- ing soul to cure; And with the trea -- sures of His grace T'en -- rich the hum -- ble poor.", "prose": ["He comes the broken heart to bind,", "The bleeding soul to cure;", "And with the treasures of His grace", "T'enrich the humble poor."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}