[
  {
    "title": "On Opening a Place for Social Prayer",
    "author": "William Cowper",
    "lines": [
      "Jesus! where'er Thy people meet,",
      "There they behold Thy mercy seat;",
      "Where'er they seek Thee, Thou art found,",
      "And every place is hallow'd ground.",
      "",
      "For Thou, within no walls confined,",
      "Inhabitest the humble mind;",
      "Such ever bring Thee where they come",
      "And going, take Thee to their home.",
      "",
      "Dear Shepherd of Thy chosen few!",
      "Thy former mercies here renew;",
      "Her to our waiting hearts proclaim",
      "The sweetness of Thy saving name.",
      "",
      "Here may we prove the power of prayer,",
      "To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;",
      "To teach our faint desires to rise,",
      "And bring all Heaven before our eyes.",
      "",
      "Behold, at Thy commanding word",
      "We stretch the curtain and the cord;",
      "Come Thou, and fill this wider space,",
      "And bless us with a large increase.",
      "",
      "Lord, we are few, but Thou art near:",
      "Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear;",
      "Oh rend the heavens, come quickly down,",
      "And make a thousand hearts Thine own."
    ],
    "linecount": "24"
  }
]