{"slug": "lead-on-o-king-eternal", "title": "Lead On, O King Eternal", "first_line": "Lead on, O King eternal", "author": "ernest-shurtleff", "author_date": "1887", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Christian Warfare", "Discipleship", "Pilgrimage", "Loyalty"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Ernest Warburton Shurtleff (1862-1917), \"Lead On, O King Eternal,\" written in 1887 for his graduating class at Andover Theological Seminary and published in Hymns of Faith and Life (1887). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Lead on, O King e -- ter -- nal, The day of march has come; Hence -- forth in fields of con -- quest Thy tents shall be our home. Through days of prep -- a -- ra -- tion Thy grace has made us strong; And now, O King e -- ter -- nal, We lift our bat -- tle song.", "prose": ["Lead on, O King eternal,", "The day of march has come;", "Henceforth in fields of conquest", "Thy tents shall be our home.", "Through days of preparation", "Thy grace has made us strong;", "And now, O King eternal,", "We lift our battle song."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Lead on, O King e -- ter -- nal, Till sin's fierce war shall cease, And ho -- li -- ness shall whis -- per The sweet a -- men of peace. For not with swords' loud clash -- ing, Nor roll of stir -- ring drums; With deeds of love and mer -- cy The heav'n -- ly king -- dom comes.", "prose": ["Lead on, O King eternal,", "Till sin's fierce war shall cease,", "And holiness shall whisper", "The sweet amen of peace.", "For not with swords' loud clashing,", "Nor roll of stirring drums;", "With deeds of love and mercy", "The heav'nly kingdom comes."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Lead on, O King e -- ter -- nal, We fol -- low, not with fears, For glad -- ness breaks like morn -- ing Wher -- e'er Thy face ap -- pears; Thy cross is lift -- ed o'er us, We jour -- ney in its light; The crown a -- waits the con -- quest; Lead on, O God of might.", "prose": ["Lead on, O King eternal,", "We follow, not with fears,", "For gladness breaks like morning", "Where'er Thy face appears;", "Thy cross is lifted o'er us,", "We journey in its light;", "The crown awaits the conquest;", "Lead on, O God of might."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}