{"slug": "like-a-river-glorious", "title": "Like a River Glorious", "first_line": "Like a River Glorious", "author": "frances-havergal", "author_date": "1876", "foot": "trochaic", "meter": {"pattern": [11, 11, 11], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Peace", "Trust", "Comfort"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Frances R. Havergal (1836-1879), \"Like a River Glorious\"; published with James Mountain's tune in \"Hymns of Consecration and Faith\" (1876). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. The \"Stayed upon Jehovah\" refrain is carried in every stanza (lines 5-6). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Like a riv -- er glo -- rious is God's per -- fect peace, O -- ver all vic -- to -- rious in its bright in -- crease; Per -- fect, yet it flow -- eth full -- er ev -- ery day, Per -- fect, yet it grow -- eth deep -- er all the way. Stayed up -- on Je -- ho -- vah, hearts are ful -- ly blest, Find -- ing, as He prom -- ised, per -- fect peace and rest.", "prose": ["Like a river glorious is God's perfect peace,", "Over all victorious in its bright increase;", "Perfect, yet it floweth fuller every day,", "Perfect, yet it groweth deeper all the way.", "Refrain: Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest,", "Finding, as He promised, perfect peace and rest."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Hid -- den in the hol -- low of His bless -- ed hand, Nev -- er foe can fol -- low, nev -- er trai -- tor stand; Not a surge of wor -- ry, not a shade of care, Not a blast of hur -- ry touch the spir -- it there. Stayed up -- on Je -- ho -- vah, hearts are ful -- ly blest, Find -- ing, as He prom -- ised, per -- fect peace and rest.", "prose": ["Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand,", "Never foe can follow, never traitor stand;", "Not a surge of worry, not a shade of care,", "Not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there.", "Refrain: Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest,", "Finding, as He promised, perfect peace and rest."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Ev -- ery joy or tri -- al fall -- eth from a -- bove, Traced up -- on our di -- al by the Sun of Love; We may trust Him ful -- ly all for us to do, They who trust Him whol -- ly find Him whol -- ly true. Stayed up -- on Je -- ho -- vah, hearts are ful -- ly blest, Find -- ing, as He prom -- ised, per -- fect peace and rest.", "prose": ["Every joy or trial falleth from above,", "Traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love;", "We may trust Him fully all for us to do,", "They who trust Him wholly find Him wholly true.", "Refrain: Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blest,", "Finding, as He promised, perfect peace and rest."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}