1
\nGod, who stretched the spangled heavens<\/p>\n
Infinite in time and place,
\nFlung the suns in burning radiance
\nThrough the silent fields of space;
\nWe, Your children in Your likeness,
\nShare inventive powers with You;
\nGreat Creator, still creating,
\nShow us what we yet may do.<\/p>\n
2
\nWe have ventured worlds undreamed of
\nSince the childhood of our race;
\nKnowing the ecstasy of winging
\nThrough untraveled realms of space,
\nProbed the secrets of the atom,
\nYielding unimagined power,
\nFacing us with life’s destruction
\nOr our most triumphant hour.<\/p>\n
3
\nAs each far horizon beckons,<\/p>\n
May it challenge us anew:
\nChildren of creative purpose,
\nServing others, honoring You.
\nMay our dreams prove rich with promise;
\nEach endeavor well begun;
\nGreat Creator, give us guidance
\nTill our goals and Yours are one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 God, who stretched the spangled heavens Infinite in time and place, Flung the suns in burning radiance Through the silent fields of space; We, Your children in Your likeness, Share inventive powers with You; Great Creator, still creating, Show us what we yet may do. 2 We have ventured worlds undreamed of Since the childhood of our race; Knowing the ecstasy of winging Through untraveled realms of space, Probed the secrets of the atom, Yielding unimagined power, Facing us with life’s destruction Or our most triumphant hour. 3 As each far horizon beckons, May it challenge us anew: Children <\/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-429","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\/429","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=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6820,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions\/6820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdahymnals.com\/Hymnal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}