1
\nNow praise the hidden God of love
\nIn whom we all must live and move,
\nWho shepherds us, at every stage
\nThro’ youth, maturity, and age.<\/p>\n
2
\nWho challenged us, when were young
\nTo storm the citadels of wrong;
\nIn care for others taught us how
\nGod’s true community must grow.<\/p>\n
3
\nWho bids us never lose our zest,
\nTho’ age is urging us to rest,
\nBut proves to us that we have still
\nA work to do, a place to fill.<\/p>\n
4
\nThen talk no more of wasted time,
\nBut Godward look, and upward climb,
\nContent to sleep, when day is done,
\nAnd rise refreshed, and travel on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Now praise the hidden God of love In whom we all must live and move, Who shepherds us, at every stage Thro’ youth, maturity, and age. 2 Who challenged us, when were young To storm the citadels of wrong; In care for others taught us how God’s true community must grow. 3 Who bids us never lose our zest, Tho’ age is urging us to rest, But proves to us that we have still A work to do, a place to fill. 4 Then talk no more of wasted time, But Godward look, and upward climb, Content to sleep, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,59,89,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-501-600","category-guidance","category-n","category-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6832,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/6832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}