{
  "title": "Not all the blood of beasts",
  "author": "",
  "tune": "Olmutz",
  "number": "176",
  "lyrics": "Not all the blood of beasts\nOn Jewish altars slain,\nCould give the guilty conscience peace,\nOr wash away the stain:\n\nBut Christ, the heavenly Lamb\nTakes all our sins away,\nA sacrifice of nobler name\nAnd richer blood than they.\n\nMy faith would lay her hand\nOn that dear head of thine,\nWhile like a penitent I stand,\nAnd there confess my sin.\n\nMy soul looks back to see\nThe burdens thou didst bear,\nWhen hanging on the cursed tree,\nAnd knows her guilt was there.\n\nBelieving, we rejoice\nTo see the curse remove;\nWe bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,\nAnd sing his bleeding love.",
  "first_line": "Not all the blood of beasts"
}