{"slug": "jesus-shall-reign", "title": "Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun", "first_line": "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1719", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "psalm": 72, "topics": ["Jesus Christ, Reign of", "Missions", "Praise"], "scripture": ["Psalm 72:8", "Psalm 72:17", "Revelation 11:15"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "watts-psalms-1719", "source_kind": "gutenberg", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts, The Psalms of David Imitated, 1719 (Psalm 72). Author d. 1748.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "jesus_shall_reign_whereer_the_sun", "total_instances": 1905}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Je -- sus shall reign wher -- e'er the sun Doth his suc -- ces -- sive jour -- neys run; His king -- dom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.", "prose": ["Jesus shall reign where'er the sun", "Doth his successive journeys run;", "His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,", "Till moons shall wax and wane no more."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "To Him shall end -- less prayer be made, And prais -- es throng to crown His head; His Name like sweet per -- fume shall rise With ev -- ery morn -- ing sac -- ri -- fice.", "prose": ["To Him shall endless prayer be made,", "And praises throng to crown His head;", "His Name like sweet perfume shall rise", "With every morning sacrifice."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Peo -- ple and realms of ev -- ery tongue Dwell on His love with sweet -- est song; And in -- fant voic -- es shall pro -- claim Their ear -- ly bless -- ings on His Name.", "prose": ["People and realms of every tongue", "Dwell on His love with sweetest song;", "And infant voices shall proclaim", "Their early blessings on His Name."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Bless -- ings a -- bound wher -- e'er He reigns; The pris -- \u2019ner leaps to lose his chains; The wea -- ry find e -- ter -- nal rest, And all the sons of want are blest.", "prose": ["Blessings abound where'er He reigns;", "The pris\u2019ner leaps to lose his chains;", "The weary find eternal rest,", "And all the sons of want are blest."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}