{"slug": "o-jesus-i-have-promised", "title": "O Jesus, I Have Promised", "first_line": "O Jesus, I have promised", "author": "john-ernest-bode", "author_date": "1869", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 6, 7, 6], "doubled": true, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Discipleship", "Commitment", "Guidance"], "scripture": ["John 12:26"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "John Ernest Bode (1816-1874), \"O Jesus, I have promised,\" written 1869 for the confirmation of his children and widely published from 1869; the standard text for the tune ANGEL'S STORY. Public-domain text (author d. 1874). All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O Je -- sus, I have prom -- ised To serve Thee to the end; Be Thou for -- ev -- er near me, My Mas -- ter and my Friend; I shall not fear the bat -- tle If Thou art by my side, Nor wan -- der from the path -- way If Thou wilt be my guide.", "prose": ["O Jesus, I have promised", "To serve Thee to the end;", "Be Thou forever near me,", "My Master and my Friend;", "I shall not fear the battle", "If Thou art by my side,", "Nor wander from the pathway", "If Thou wilt be my guide."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O let me feel Thee near me! The world is ev -- er near; I see the sights that daz -- zle, The temp -- ting sounds I hear; My foes are ev -- er near me, A -- round me and with -- in; But Je -- sus, draw Thou near -- er, And shield my soul from sin.", "prose": ["O let me feel Thee near me!", "The world is ever near;", "I see the sights that dazzle,", "The tempting sounds I hear;", "My foes are ever near me,", "Around me and within;", "But Jesus, draw Thou nearer,", "And shield my soul from sin."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O let me hear Thee speak -- ing In ac -- cents clear and still, A -- bove the storms of pas -- sion, The mur -- murs of self -- will; O speak to re -- as -- sure me, To has -- ten or con -- trol; O speak, and make me lis -- ten, Thou Guar -- dian of my soul.", "prose": ["O let me hear Thee speaking", "In accents clear and still,", "Above the storms of passion,", "The murmurs of self-will;", "O speak to reassure me,", "To hasten or control;", "O speak, and make me listen,", "Thou Guardian of my soul."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O Je -- sus, Thou hast prom -- ised To all who fol -- low Thee, That where Thou art in glo -- ry There shall Thy serv -- ant be; And Je -- sus, I have prom -- ised To serve Thee to the end; O give me grace to fol -- low, My Mas -- ter and my Friend.", "prose": ["O Jesus, Thou hast promised", "To all who follow Thee,", "That where Thou art in glory", "There shall Thy servant be;", "And Jesus, I have promised", "To serve Thee to the end;", "O give me grace to follow,", "My Master and my Friend."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "O let me see Thy foot -- marks, And in them plant mine own; My hope to fol -- low du -- ly Is in Thy strength a -- lone; O guide me, call me, draw me, Up -- hold me to the end; And then in Heav'n re -- ceive me, My Sav -- ior and my Friend.", "prose": ["O let me see Thy footmarks,", "And in them plant mine own;", "My hope to follow duly", "Is in Thy strength alone;", "O guide me, call me, draw me,", "Uphold me to the end;", "And then in Heaven receive me,", "My Savior and my Friend."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}