{"slug": "jesus-lives-and-so-shall-i", "title": "Jesus Lives, and So Shall I", "first_line": "Jesus lives, and so shall I", "author": "christian-f-gellert", "author_date": "1757", "translator": "john-dunmore-lang", "translator_date": "1826", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 8, 7, 8, 7, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Assurance", "Resurrection", "Eternal Life"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Christian F. Gellert, \"Jesus lebt, mit ihm auch ich\" (1757); English translation \"Jesus lives, and so shall I\" by John Dunmore Lang (1826). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus lives, and so shall I. Death! thy sting is gone for -- ev -- er! He who deigned for me to die, Lives, the bands of death to sev -- er. He shall raise me with the just: Je -- sus is my Hope and Trust.", "prose": ["Jesus lives, and so shall I.", "Death! thy sting is gone forever!", "He who deigned for me to die,", "Lives, the bands of death to sever.", "He shall raise me with the just:", "Jesus is my Hope and Trust."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus lives, and reigns su -- preme; And, His king -- dom still re -- main -- ing, I shall al -- so be with Him, Ev -- er liv -- ing, ev -- er reign -- ing. God has prom -- ised; be it must: Je -- sus is my Hope and Trust.", "prose": ["Jesus lives, and reigns supreme;", "And, His kingdom still remaining,", "I shall also be with Him,", "Ever living, ever reigning.", "God has promised; be it must:", "Jesus is my Hope and Trust."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus lives, and God ex -- tends Grace to each re -- turn -- ing sin -- ner; Reb -- els He re -- ceives as friends, And ex -- alts to high -- est hon -- or. God is true as He is just; Je -- sus is my Hope and Trust.", "prose": ["Jesus lives, and God extends", "Grace to each returning sinner;", "Rebels He receives as friends,", "And exalts to highest honor.", "God is true as He is just;", "Jesus is my Hope and Trust."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus lives, and by His grace, Vic -- t'ry o'er my pas -- sions giv -- ing, I will cleanse my heart and ways, Ev -- er to His glo -- ry liv -- ing. Me He rais -- es from the dust; Je -- sus is my Hope and Trust.", "prose": ["Jesus lives, and by His grace,", "Vict'ry o'er my passions giving,", "I will cleanse my heart and ways,", "Ever to His glory living.", "Me He raises from the dust;", "Jesus is my Hope and Trust."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus lives, I know full well Naught from Him my heart can sev -- er, Life, nor death, nor pow'rs of hell, Joy, nor grief, hence -- forth for -- ev -- er. None of all His saints is lost: Je -- sus is my Hope and Trust.", "prose": ["Jesus lives, I know full well", "Naught from Him my heart can sever,", "Life, nor death, nor pow'rs of hell,", "Joy, nor grief, henceforth forever.", "None of all His saints is lost:", "Jesus is my Hope and Trust."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus lives, and death is now But my en -- trance in -- to glo -- ry. Cour -- age, then, my soul, for thou Hast a crown of life be -- fore thee; Thou shalt find thy hopes were just: Je -- sus is my Hope and Trust.", "prose": ["Jesus lives, and death is now", "But my entrance into glory.", "Courage, then, my soul, for thou", "Hast a crown of life before thee;", "Thou shalt find thy hopes were just:", "Jesus is my Hope and Trust."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}