1
\nJesus, Friend of little children,
\nBe a friend to me;
\nTake my hand and ever keep me
\nClose to Thee.<\/p>\n
2
\nTeach me how to grow in goodness,
\nDaily as I grow;
\nThou hast been a child, and surely
\nThou dost know.<\/p>\n
3
\nStep by step, O, lead me onward,
\nUpward into youth;
\nWiser, stronger, still becoming
\nIn Thy truth.<\/p>\n
4
\nNever leave me, nor forsake me;
\nEver be my friend;
\nFor I need Thee from life\u2019s dawning
\nTo its end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Jesus, Friend of little children, Be a friend to me; Take my hand and ever keep me Close to Thee. 2 Teach me how to grow in goodness, Daily as I grow; Thou hast been a child, and surely Thou dost know. 3 Step by step, O, lead me onward, Upward into youth; Wiser, stronger, still becoming In Thy truth. 4 Never leave me, nor forsake me; Ever be my friend; For I need Thee from life\u2019s dawning To its end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,41,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-501-600","category-christian-life","category-guidance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","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=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6827,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/6827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}