{"id":218,"date":"2005-03-01T21:49:45","date_gmt":"2005-03-01T21:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccgi.geraldyuen.plus.com\/?p=218"},"modified":"2005-03-01T21:49:45","modified_gmt":"2005-03-01T21:49:45","slug":"thou-hast-not-left-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/?p=218","title":{"rendered":"Thou hast not left me"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;<br \/>\nThe darkness deepens; Lord with me abide.<br \/>\nWhen other helpers fail and comforts flee,<br \/>\nHelp of the helpless, O abide with me.<\/p>\n<p>Swift to its close ebbs out life&#8217;s little day;<br \/>\nEarth&#8217;s joys grow dim; its glories pass away;<br \/>\nChange and decay in all around I see;<br \/>\nO Thou who changest not, abide with me.<\/p>\n<p>I need Thy presence every passing hour.<br \/>\nWhat but Thy grace can foil the tempter&#8217;s power?<br \/>\nWho, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?<br \/>\nThrough cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.<\/p>\n<p>I fear no foe, with Thee at hand to bless;<br \/>\nIlls have no weight, and tears no bitterness.<br \/>\nWhere is death&#8217;s sting? Where, grave, thy victory?<br \/>\nI triumph still, if Thou abide with me.<\/p>\n<p>Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes;<br \/>\nShine through the gloom and point me to the skies.<br \/>\nHeaven&#8217;s morning breaks, and earth&#8217;s vain shadows flee;<br \/>\nIn life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Henry F. Lyte<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life&#8217;s little day; Earth&#8217;s joys grow dim; its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/?p=218\">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":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","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=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.geraldyuen.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}