{"id":1333,"date":"2009-09-12T23:57:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-12T23:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2009-09-13T00:41:49","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T00:41:49","slug":"born-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/?p=1333","title":{"rendered":"Born of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds<br \/>\nIn a believer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear!<br \/>\nIt soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds,<br \/>\nAnd drives away our fear.<\/p>\n<p>It makes the wounded spirit whole,<br \/>\nAnd calms each heart opressed;<br \/>\nit&#8217;s manna to the hungry soul,<br \/>\nAnd to the weary, rest.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Name, the Rock on which I build,<br \/>\nMy Shield and Hiding Place,<br \/>\nMy never failing treasury, filled<br \/>\nWith boundless stores of grace!<\/p>\n<p>By you my prayers acceptance gain,<br \/>\nAlthough with sin defiled;<br \/>\nSatan accuses me in vain,<br \/>\nsince I am God&#8217;s own child.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus! my Shepherd, Brother, Friend,<br \/>\nMy Prophet, Priest and King,<br \/>\nMy Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,<br \/>\nAccept the praise I bring.<\/p>\n<p>Weak is the effort of my heart,<br \/>\nAnd cold my warmest thought;<br \/>\nBut when I see you as you are,<br \/>\nI\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll praise you as I ought.<\/p>\n<p>Till then I would your love proclaim<br \/>\nWith every fleeting breath,<br \/>\nAnd may the music of your Name<br \/>\nRefresh my soul in death!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><cite>John Newton<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds In a believer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ear! It soothes our sorrows, heals our wounds, And drives away our fear. It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms each heart opressed; it&#8217;s manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary, rest. Dear Name, the Rock on which I build, My Shield&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/?p=1333\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hymns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1340,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}