{"id":2514,"date":"2015-09-17T18:52:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T22:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?page_id=2514"},"modified":"2015-09-17T17:07:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T21:07:03","slug":"christ-the-life-of-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/hymn-of-the-day\/christ-the-life-of-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIST THE LIFE OF THE SOUL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Anne Steele, based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esvbible.org\/John%2014%3A31\/\">John 14:39<\/a> &#8220;Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I.<br \/>\nWhen sins and fears prevailing rise,<br \/>\nAnd fainting hope almost expires ;<br \/>\nJesus, to thee I lift my eyes,<br \/>\nTo thee I breathe my soul&#8217;s desires.<\/p>\n<p>II.<br \/>\nArt thou not mine, my living Lord ?<br \/>\nAnd can my hope, my comfort die,<br \/>\nFix&#8217;d on thy everlasting word,<br \/>\nThat word which built the earth and sky ?<\/p>\n<p>III.<br \/>\nIf my immortal Saviour lives,<br \/>\nThen my immortal life is sure ;<br \/>\nHis word a firm foundation gives,<br \/>\nHere, let me build, and rest secure.<\/p>\n<p>IV.<br \/>\nHere, let my faith unshaken dwell,<br \/>\nImmoveable the promise stands ;<br \/>\nNor all the pow&#8217;rs of earth or hell,<br \/>\nCan e&#8217;er dissolve the sacred bands.<\/p>\n<p>V.<br \/>\nHere, O my soul, thy trust repose ;<br \/>\nIf Jesus is forever mine,<br \/>\nNot death itself, that last of foes,<br \/>\nShall break a union so divine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Anne Steele, based on John 14:39 &#8220;Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.&#8221; I. When sins and fears prevailing rise, And fainting hope almost expires ; Jesus, to thee I lift my eyes, To thee I&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/hymn-of-the-day\/christ-the-life-of-the-soul\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":692,"menu_order":22,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2514","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1MnZf-Ey","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2514\/revisions\/2515"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}