{"slug": "majestic-sweetness-sits-enthroned", "title": "Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned", "first_line": "Majestic sweetness sits enthroned", "author": "samuel-stennett", "author_date": "1787", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Jesus Christ, Exaltation of", "Praise", "Adoration"], "scripture": ["Psalm 45:2", "Hebrews 2:9"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Samuel Stennett (1727\u20131795), \"Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned\" (also titled \"The Chief Among Ten Thousand\" / \"The Excellencies of Christ\"), first published in John Rippon's A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors (London, 1787). Standard public-domain C.M. text, sung to ORTONVILLE with its last line repeated; verified against Hymnary.org and the Hymnology Archive. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Maj -- es -- tic sweet -- ness sits en -- throned Up -- on the Sav -- ior's brow His head with ra -- diant glo -- ries crowned His lips with grace o'er -- flow", "prose": ["Majestic sweetness sits enthroned", "Upon the Savior's brow;", "His head with radiant glories crowned,", "His lips with grace o'erflow."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "No mor -- tal can with Him com -- pare A -- mong the sons of men Fair -- er is He than all the fair Who fill the heav'n -- ly train", "prose": ["No mortal can with Him compare", "Among the sons of men;", "Fairer is He than all the fair", "Who fill the heav'nly train."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "He saw me plunged in deep dis -- tress And flew to my re -- lief For me He bore the shame -- ful cross And car -- ried all my grief", "prose": ["He saw me plunged in deep distress", "And flew to my relief;", "For me He bore the shameful cross", "And carried all my grief."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "To Him I owe my life and breath And all the joys I have He makes me tri -- umph o -- ver death And saves me from the grave", "prose": ["To Him I owe my life and breath", "And all the joys I have;", "He makes me triumph over death", "And saves me from the grave."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Since from His boun -- ty I re -- ceive Such proofs of love di -- vine Had I a thou -- sand hearts to give Lord they should all be Thine", "prose": ["Since from His bounty I receive", "Such proofs of love divine,", "Had I a thousand hearts to give,", "Lord, they should all be Thine."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}