{"id":2516,"date":"2015-09-19T19:01:49","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T23:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?page_id=2516"},"modified":"2015-09-19T10:09:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T14:09:53","slug":"the-heavenly-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/hymn-of-the-day\/the-heavenly-shepherd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heavenly Shepherd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Anne Steele, based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esvbible.org\/Psalm%2023%3A1-3\/\">Psalm 23:1-3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I.<br \/>\nWhile my Redeemer&#8217;s near,<br \/>\nMy shepherd and my guide,<br \/>\nI bid farewel to anxious fear,<br \/>\nMy wants are all supply&#8217;d.<\/p>\n<p>II.<br \/>\nTo ever-fragrant meads,<br \/>\nWhere rich abundance grows.<br \/>\nHis gracious hand indulgent leads,<br \/>\nAnd guards my sweet repose.<\/p>\n<p>III.<br \/>\nAlong the lovely scene,<br \/>\nCool waters gently roll,<br \/>\nAnd kind refreshment smiles serene;<br \/>\nTo cheer my fainting soul.<\/p>\n<p>IV.<br \/>\nHere let my spirit rest ;<br \/>\nHow sweet a lot is mine !<br \/>\nWith pleasure, food, and safety blest ;<br \/>\nBeneficence divine !<\/p>\n<p>V.<br \/>\nDear shepherd, if I stray,<br \/>\nMy wand&#8217;ring feet restore,<br \/>\nTo thy fair pastures guide my way,<br \/>\nAnd let me rove no more.<\/p>\n<p>VI.<br \/>\nUnworthy, as I am,<br \/>\nOf thy protecting care,<br \/>\nJesus, I plead thy gracious name,<br \/>\nFor all my hopes are there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Anne Steele, based on Psalm 23:1-3 I. While my Redeemer&#8217;s near, My shepherd and my guide, I bid farewel to anxious fear, My wants are all supply&#8217;d. II. To ever-fragrant meads, Where rich abundance grows. His gracious hand indulgent leads, And guards my sweet repose. III. Along the lovely scene, Cool waters gently&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"readmore-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/hymn-of-the-day\/the-heavenly-shepherd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2519,"parent":692,"menu_order":23,"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-2516","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1MnZf-EA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2516","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=2516"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2516\/revisions\/2520"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}