{"slug": "weary-of-earth-and-laden-with-my-sin", "title": "Weary of Earth, and Laden with My Sin", "first_line": "Weary of Earth, and Laden with My Sin", "author": "samuel-john-stone", "author_date": "1866", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [10, 10, 10, 10], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Contrition", "Atonement", "Forgiveness"], "scripture": ["Matthew 11:28"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Samuel J. Stone, \"Weary of Earth, and Laden with My Sin,\" Lyra Fidelium (London: Parker, 1866). Author d. 1900. Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Wea -- ry of earth, and lad -- en with my sin, I look at Heav'n and long to en -- ter in, But there no e -- vil thing may find a home\u2014 And yet I hear a voice that bids me Come.", "prose": ["Weary of earth, and laden with my sin,", "I look at Heav'n and long to enter in,", "But there no evil thing may find a home\u2014", "And yet I hear a voice that bids me Come."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "So vile I am, how dare I hope to stand In the pure glo -- ry of that ho -- ly land? Be -- fore the white -- ness of that throne ap -- pear? Yet there are hands stretched out to draw me near.", "prose": ["So vile I am, how dare I hope to stand", "In the pure glory of that holy land?", "Before the whiteness of that throne appear?", "Yet there are hands stretched out to draw me near."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "The while I fain would tread the heav'n -- ly way Seems e -- vil ev -- er with me day by day; Yet on mine ears the gra -- cious tid -- ings fall, Re -- pent, con -- fess, thou shalt be loosed from all.", "prose": ["The while I fain would tread the heav'nly way", "Seems evil ever with me day by day;", "Yet on mine ears the gracious tidings fall,", "Repent, confess, thou shalt be loosed from all."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "It is the voice of Je -- sus that I hear! His are the hands stretched out to draw me near, And His the blood that can for all a -- tone, And set me fault -- less there be -- fore the throne.", "prose": ["It is the voice of Jesus that I hear!", "His are the hands stretched out to draw me near,", "And His the blood that can for all atone,", "And set me faultless there before the throne."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "'Twas He who found me on the death -- ly wild, And made me heir of Heav'n, the Fa -- ther's child, And day by day, where -- by my soul may live, Giv -- eth His grace of par -- don, and will give.", "prose": ["'Twas He who found me on the deathly wild,", "And made me heir of Heav'n, the Father's child,", "And day by day, whereby my soul may live,", "Giveth His grace of pardon, and will give."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "O great Ab -- solv -- er! grant my soul may wear The low -- liest garb of pen -- i -- tence and prayer, That in the Fa -- ther's courts my glo -- rious dress May be the gar -- ment of Thy right -- eous -- ness.", "prose": ["O great Absolver! grant my soul may wear", "The lowliest garb of penitence and prayer,", "That in the Father's courts my glorious dress", "May be the garment of Thy righteousness."]}, "7": {"syllabified": "Yea, Thou wilt an -- swer for me, right -- eous Lord! Thine all the mer -- its, mine the great re -- ward; Thine the sharp thorns, and mine the gol -- den crown; Mine the life won, and Thine the life laid down!", "prose": ["Yea, Thou wilt answer for me, righteous Lord!", "Thine all the merits, mine the great reward;", "Thine the sharp thorns, and mine the golden crown;", "Mine the life won, and Thine the life laid down!"]}, "8": {"syllabified": "Naught can I bring, dear Lord, for all I owe, Yet let my full heart, what it can, be -- stow; Like that sweet nard, let my de -- vo -- tion prove, Great -- ly for -- giv -- en, how great -- ly I love.", "prose": ["Naught can I bring, dear Lord, for all I owe,", "Yet let my full heart, what it can, bestow;", "Like that sweet nard, let my devotion prove,", "Greatly forgiven, how greatly I love."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}