{"id":2535,"date":"2019-05-23T00:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T00:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2019-05-23T00:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T00:51:14","slug":"jesus-the-very-thought-of-thee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=2535","title":{"rendered":"Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Jesus, the very thought of Thee<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> With sweetness fills my breast;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> But sweeter far Thy face to see,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And in Thy presence rest.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<em><strong> Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Nor can the mem\u2019ry find<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> A sweeter sound than Thy blest name,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> O Savior of mankind!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<em><strong> O hope of every contrite heart,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> O joy of all the meek,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> To those who fall, how kind Thou art!<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> How good to those who seek!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<em><strong> All those who find Thee find a bliss<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Nor tongue nor pen can show;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> The love of Jesus, what it is,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> None but His loved ones know.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<em><strong> Jesus, our only joy be Thou,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> As Thou our prize will be;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> Jesus, be Thou our glory now,<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> And through eternity.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>12th Century Latin Hymn attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Public Domain<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills my breast; But sweeter far Thy face to see, And in Thy presence rest. Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, Nor can the mem\u2019ry find A sweeter sound than Thy blest name, O Savior of mankind! O hope of every contrite heart, O joy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=2535\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2535"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2539,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2535\/revisions\/2539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}