{"slug": "the-lily-of-the-valley", "title": "The Lily of the Valley", "first_line": "I've found a friend in Jesus, He's everything to me,", "author": "charles-william-fry", "author_date": "1881", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [13, 11, 13, 11, 13, 10], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Atonement", "Calmness", "Christian Life", "Consecration"], "scripture": ["Hosea 14:4-9", "Revelation 22:16", "John 3:29", "Isaiah 53:3-6", "Hebrews 13:5-6", "2 Timothy 4:8"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:180 (2014.06 dump, lines 22472-22544; extracted by line range because X-numbers are reused). The dump's own C: lines read \"Words: C. W. Fry, 1881, alt.\" and \"copyright: public domain.\"; its S: line names the witness: \"Music and lyrics source: Gospel Hymns Nos. 5 and 6 Combined, 1892, hymn 102. Lyrics altered by bjd\" \u2014 the Open Hymnal's own freely-dedicated alteration of the pre-1931 (1881/1892) text. The alteration is visible structurally: verse lines 1 and 3 carry 13 syllables against the 14 of the 1892 original (Hymnary text meter 14.11.14.11.13.10), the opening word pair contracted onto the slurred sixteenth-note pickup, exactly matching the dump's alternate title. Fry died 1882; all components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "ive_found_a_friend_in_jesus_hes_everythi", "total_instances": 483}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "I've found a friend in Je -- sus, He's ev -- ery -- thing to me, He's the fair -- est of ten thou -- sand to my soul; The Li -- ly of the Val -- ley, in Him a -- lone I see All I need to cleanse and make me ful -- ly whole. In sor -- row He's my com -- fort, in trou -- ble He's my stay; He tells me ev -- ery care on Him to roll.", "prose": ["I've found a friend in Jesus, He's everything to me,", "He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;", "The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see", "All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.", "In sorrow He's my comfort, in trouble He's my stay;", "He tells me every care on Him to roll."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "He all my grief has tak -- en, and all my sor -- rows borne; In temp -- ta -- tion He's my strong and might -- y tow'r; I'll all for Him for -- sake now, I'll all my i -- dols tear From my heart for now He keeps me by His pow'r. Though all the world for -- sake me, and Sa -- tan tempt me sore, Through Je -- sus I shall safe -- ly reach the goal.", "prose": ["He all my grief has taken, and all my sorrows borne;", "In temptation He's my strong and mighty tow'r;", "I'll all for Him forsake now, I'll all my idols tear", "From my heart for now He keeps me by His pow'r.", "Though all the world forsake me, and Satan tempt me sore,", "Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "He'll nev -- er, nev -- er leave me, nor yet for -- sake me here, So I live by faith and do His bless -- ed will; A wall of fire a -- bout me, I've noth -- ing now to fear, With His man -- na He my hun -- gry soul shall fill. When crown'd at last in glo -- ry, I'll see His bless -- ed face, Where riv -- ers of de -- light shall ev -- er roll.", "prose": ["He'll never, never leave me, nor yet forsake me here,", "So I live by faith and do His blessed will;", "A wall of fire about me, I've nothing now to fear,", "With His manna He my hungry soul shall fill.", "When crown'd at last in glory, I'll see His blessed face,", "Where rivers of delight shall ever roll."]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "He's the Li -- ly of the Val -- ley, the Bright and Morn -- ing Star, He's the fair -- est of ten thou -- sand to my soul.", "prose": ["He's the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,", "He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}