{"slug": "to-god-be-the-glory", "title": "To God Be the Glory", "first_line": "To God be the glory, great things He has done", "author": "fanny-crosby", "author_date": "1875", "foot": "dactylic", "meter": {"pattern": [11, 11, 11, 11], "doubled": false, "refrain": true, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Praise", "Redemption", "Adoration"], "scripture": ["John 3:16"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "brightest-and-best-1875", "source_kind": "hand_encoded", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Fanny J. Crosby, 1875. Author d. 1915.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "to_god_be_the_glory_great_things_he_hath", "total_instances": 274}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "To God be the glo -- ry, great things He has done; So loved He the world that He gave us His Son, Who yield -- ed His life an a -- tone -- ment for sin, And o -- pened the life gate that all may go in.", "prose": ["To God be the glory, great things He has done;", "So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,", "Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,", "And opened the life gate that all may go in."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "O per -- fect re -- demp -- tion, the pur -- chase of blood, To ev -- ery be -- liev -- er the prom -- ise of God; The vil -- est of -- fend -- er who tru -- ly be -- lieves, That mo -- ment from Je -- sus a par -- don re -- ceives.", "prose": ["O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,", "To every believer the promise of God;", "The vilest offender who truly believes,", "That moment from Jesus a pardon receives."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Great things He has taught us, great things He has done, And great our re -- joic -- ing through Je -- sus the Son; But pur -- er, and high -- er, and great -- er will be Our won -- der, our trans -- port, when Je -- sus we see.", "prose": ["Great things He has taught us, great things He has done,", "And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;", "But purer, and higher, and greater will be", "Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see."]}}, "refrain": {"syllabified": "Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the peo -- ple re -- joice! O come to the Fa -- ther, through Je -- sus the Son, And give Him the glo -- ry, great things He has done.", "prose": ["Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,", "Let the earth hear His voice!", "Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,", "Let the people rejoice!", "O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,", "And give Him the glory, great things He has done."]}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}