{"slug": "standing-on-the-promises", "title": "Standing on the Promises", "first_line": "Standing on the promises of Christ my King", "author": "russell-kelso-carter", "author_date": "1886", "foot": "dactylic", "meter": {"pattern": [11, 11, 11, 9], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Assurance", "Christian Life", "Faith", "Promises (see also Gospel)", "Trust", "Victory", "Word of God"], "scripture": ["2 Corinthians 1:20", "2 Peter 1:4", "Hebrews 10:23"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "songs-of-perfect-love-1886", "source_kind": "hand_encoded", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "R. Kelso Carter (1849-1928), words and music, first printed in Songs of Perfect Love (comp. John R. Sweney & R. Kelso Carter; Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1886), hymn 120, printed page 101 \u2014 read on the archive.org scan songsofperfectlo00cart, leaf 101 \u2014 headed 'Standing on the Promises.' with 'R. K. C.' at the left, 'R. KELSO CARTER' at the right and the engraved footer 'Copyright, 1886, by JOHN J. HOOD.' US public domain by publication before 1929. All five stanzas and the chorus are transcribed from that page, POINTING AND SPELLING INCLUDED, and not from memory or a modern hymnal: hence 'let his praises ring' and 'Bound to him' in lower case, 'Saviour', the semicolons after 'ring' and 'me' where later books print commas, no comma after 'see', and the 1886 plate's own 'the Spir-its' call' / 'the Spir-its' sword' (the 1908 reprint prints 'Spir-it's'). ONE PLACE DEPARTS FROM THE 1886 SPELLING, because the 1886 plate sets stanzas 2-5 as running text under the melody rather than syllable by syllable and one of its lines does not fit its own tune: stanza 5 line 2 is printed 'Listening ev-ery moment to the Spir-its' call,' which is twelve syllables against eleven notes. It is encoded in the sung, elided form the second dated witness prints \u2014 Christ in Song, ed. F. E. Belden, 1908, hymn 219, printed p. 212, archive.org songfora00beld leaf 162, 'List-'ning ev-'ry mo-ment to the Spir-it's call,' \u2014 keeping the 1886 plate's 'ev -- ery' hyphenation and its 'Spir -- its''. Every other line of every stanza fits the melody exactly as the 1886 plate spells it. The chorus words are the 1886 melody row: 'Standing, standing, Standing on the promises of God my Saviour; Standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God.' (the 1908 reprint parenthesises '(my Saviour;)'; the 1886 plate does not).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of Christ my King, Thro' e -- ter -- nal ag -- es let his prais -- es ring; Glo -- ry in the high -- est, I will shout and sing, Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of God.", "prose": ["Standing on the promises of Christ my King,", "Thro' eternal ages let his praises ring;", "Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,", "Standing on the promises of God."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es that can -- not fail, When the howl -- ing storms of doubt and fear as -- sail, By the liv -- ing Word of God I shall pre -- vail, Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of God.", "prose": ["Standing on the promises that cannot fail,", "When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,", "By the living Word of God I shall prevail,", "Standing on the promises of God."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es I now can see Per -- fect, pres -- ent cleans -- ing in the blood for me; Stand -- ing in the lib -- er -- ty where Christ makes free, Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of God.", "prose": ["Standing on the promises I now can see", "Perfect, present cleansing in the blood for me;", "Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free,", "Standing on the promises of God."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of Christ the Lord, Bound to him e -- ter -- nal -- ly by love's strong cord, O -- ver -- com -- ing dai -- ly with the Spir -- its' sword, Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of God.", "prose": ["Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,", "Bound to him eternally by love's strong cord,", "Overcoming daily with the Spirits' sword,", "Standing on the promises of God."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es I can -- not fall, Lis -- t'ning ev -- ery mo -- ment to the Spir -- its' call, Rest -- ing in my Sav -- iour, as my all in all, Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of God.", "prose": ["Standing on the promises I cannot fall,", "List'ning every moment to the Spirits' call,", "Resting in my Saviour, as my all in all,", "Standing on the promises of God."]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "Stand -- ing, Stand -- ing, Stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of God my Sav -- iour; Stand -- ing, Stand -- ing, I'm stand -- ing on the prom -- is -- es of God.", "prose": ["Standing, Standing,", "Standing on the promises of God my Saviour;", "Standing, Standing,", "I'm standing on the promises of God."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}