{"slug": "not-all-the-blood-of-beasts", "title": "Not All the Blood of Beasts", "first_line": "Not All the Blood of Beasts", "author": "isaac-watts", "author_date": "1709", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Atonement", "Redemption", "Faith"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Isaac Watts, \"Not All the Blood of Beasts,\" Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1709), Book II. Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Not all the blood of beasts On Jew -- ish al -- tars slain, Could give the guilt -- y con -- science peace, Or wash a -- way the stain.", "prose": ["Not all the blood of beasts", "On Jewish altars slain,", "Could give the guilty conscience peace,", "Or wash away the stain."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "But Christ, the heav'n -- ly Lamb Takes all our sins a -- way; A sac -- ri -- fice of no -- bler name And rich -- er blood than they.", "prose": ["But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb", "Takes all our sins away;", "A sacrifice of nobler name", "And richer blood than they."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of Thine, While like a pen -- i -- tent I stand, And there con -- fess my sin.", "prose": ["My faith would lay her hand", "On that dear head of Thine,", "While like a penitent I stand,", "And there confess my sin."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "My soul looks back to see The bur -- dens Thou didst bear, When hang -- ing on the curs -- \u00e8d tree, And hopes her guilt was there.", "prose": ["My soul looks back to see", "The burdens Thou didst bear,", "When hanging on the curs\u00e8d tree,", "And hopes her guilt was there."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Be -- liev -- ing, we re -- joice To see the curse re -- move; We bless the Lamb with cheer -- ful voice, And sing His bleed -- ing love.", "prose": ["Believing, we rejoice", "To see the curse remove;", "We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,", "And sing His bleeding love."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}