{
  "title": "Lord, thou lov'st the cheerful giver",
  "author": "",
  "tune": "Beecher",
  "number": "368",
  "lyrics": "Lord, thou lov'st the cheerful giver,\nWho with open heart and hand\nBlesses freely, as a river\nThat refreshes all the land.\nGrant us then the grace of giving\nWith a spirit large and free,\nThat our life and all our living,\nWe may consecrate to thee.\n\nWe are thine, thy mercy sought us,\nFound us in death's dreadful way,\nTo the fold in safety brought us,\nNever more from thee to stray.\nThine own life thou freely gavest\nAs an off'ring on the cross\nFor each sinner whom thou savest\nFrom eternal shame and loss.\n\nBlest by thee with gifts and graces,\nMay we heed thy church's call;\nGladly in all times and places\nGive to thee who givest all.\nThou hast bought us, and no longer\nCan we claim to be our own;\nEver free and ever stronger,\nWe shall serve thee, Lord, alone.\n\nSaviour, thou hast freely given\nAll the blessings we enjoy,\nEarthly store and bread of heaven,\nLove and peace without alloy;\nHumbly now we bow before thee,\nAnd our all to thee resign;\nFor the kingdom, pow'r, and glory,\nAre, O Lord, for ever thine.",
  "first_line": "Lord, thou lov'st the cheerful giver,"
}