{"slug": "o-lord-of-life-whereer-they-be", "title": "O Lord of Life, Where'er They Be", "first_line": "O Lord of life, where'er they be", "author": "frederick-l-hosmer", "author_date": "1888", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": true, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Eternal Life", "Comfort", "Trust"], "scripture": "Revelation 14:13", "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1840-1929), \"O Lord of life, where'er they be,\" written 1888 for an Easter service at his church (per the Cyber Hymnal). Text from the Cyber Hymnal (all four stanzas; Hymnary.org text authority o_lord_of_life_whereer_they_be, 34 hymnals, which concurs on Hosmer and the 8.8.8-with-alleluia meter). Each stanza closes with the threefold Alleluia the Vulpius tune carries. Sung elisions normalized for the meter: \"sheltering\" is elided to \"shelt'ring\" in 2.2, and \"requiem\" is sung as two syllables in 3.2. Published 1888, author died 1929 - all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "o_lord_of_life_whereer_they_be", "total_instances": 34}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O Lord of life, wher -- e'er they be, Safe in Thine own e -- ter -- ni -- ty, Our dead are liv -- ing un -- to Thee: Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["O Lord of life, where'er they be,", "Safe in Thine own eternity,", "Our dead are living unto Thee:", "Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "All souls are Thine, and here or there They rest with -- in Thy shel -- t'ring care; One prov -- i -- dence a -- like they share: Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["All souls are Thine, and here or there", "They rest within Thy shelt'ring care;", "One providence alike they share:", "Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Thy Word is true, Thy ways are just; A -- bove the re -- quiem, Dust to dust, Shall rise our psalm of grate -- ful trust: Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["Thy Word is true, Thy ways are just;", "Above the requiem, Dust to dust,", "Shall rise our psalm of grateful trust:", "Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O hap -- py they in God who rest, No more by fear and doubt op -- pressed, Liv -- ing or dy -- ing, they are blest: Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Al -- le -- lu -- ia!", "prose": ["O happy they in God who rest,", "No more by fear and doubt oppressed,", "Living or dying, they are blest:", "Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!"]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}