{"slug": "the-comforter-has-come", "title": "The Comforter Has Come", "first_line": "O spread the tidings 'round, wherever man is found", "index_first_line": "O spread the tidings 'round", "author": "frank-bottome", "author_date": "1898", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [12, 12, 12, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Aspiration", "Christian Life", "Faith", "Father"], "scripture": ["Matthew 6:7-13", "Psalm 31:1-3", "Ephesians 6:10-17", "Psalm 55:22"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:121; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1898).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "o_spread_the_tidings_round", "total_instances": 268}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O spread the tid -- ings 'round, wher -- ev -- er man is found, Wher -- ev -- er hu -- man hearts and hu -- man woes a -- bound; Let ev -- 'ry Chris -- tian tongue pro -- claim the joy -- ful sound: The Com -- fort -- er has come!", "prose": ["O spread the tidings 'round, wherever man is found,", "Wherever human hearts and human woes abound;", "Let ev'ry Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:", "The Comforter has come!"]}, "2": {"syllabified": "The long, long night is past, the morn -- ing breaks at last, And hush'd the dread -- ful wail and fu -- ry of the blast, As o'er the gold -- en hills the day ad -- vanc -- es fast! The Com -- fort -- er has come!", "prose": ["The long, long night is past, the morning breaks at last,", "And hush'd the dreadful wail and fury of the blast,", "As o'er the golden hills the day advances fast!", "The Comforter has come!"]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Lo, the great King of kings, with heal -- ing in His wings, To ev -- 'ry cap -- tive soul a full de -- liv -- 'rance brings; And thro' the va -- cant cells the song of tri -- umph rings; The Com -- fort -- er has come!", "prose": ["Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,", "To ev'ry captive soul a full deliv'rance brings;", "And thro' the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;", "The Comforter has come!"]}, "4": {"syllabified": "O bound -- less love di -- vine! how shall this tongue of mine To won -- d'ring mor -- tals tell the match -- less grace di -- vine; That I, a child of hell, should in His im -- age shine! The Com -- fort -- er has come!", "prose": ["O boundless love divine! how shall this tongue of mine", "To wond'ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine;", "That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine!", "The Comforter has come!"]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Sing, till the ech -- oes fly a -- bove the vault -- ed sky, And all the saints a -- bove to all be -- low re -- ply, In strains of end -- less love the song that ne'er will die: The Com -- fort -- er has come!", "prose": ["Sing, till the echoes fly above the vaulted sky,", "And all the saints above to all below reply,", "In strains of endless love the song that ne'er will die:", "The Comforter has come!"]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "The Com -- fort -- er has come, The Com -- fort -- er has come! The Ho -- ly Ghost from heav'n, The Fa -- ther's prom -- ise giv'n; O spread the tid -- ings 'round, Wher -- ev -- er man is found: The Com -- fort -- er has come!", "prose": ["The Comforter has come, The Comforter has come!", "The Holy Ghost from heav'n, The Father's promise giv'n;", "O spread the tidings 'round, Wherever man is found:", "The Comforter has come!"]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}