{"id":724,"date":"2020-04-19T07:47:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T12:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/?p=724"},"modified":"2020-04-19T07:47:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T12:47:14","slug":"sunday-morning-hymns-april-19-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Morning Hymns April 19, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201c<em>And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.<\/em>\u201d (Philippians 4:7, KJV) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Lord\u2019s our Rock, in Him we hide,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm;<br>Secure whatever ill betide,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm.<ul><li><em>Refrain:<\/em><br>Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land,<br>A weary land, a weary land;<br>Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>A shade by day, defense by night,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm;<br>No fears alarm, no foes afright,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm.<\/li><li>The raging storms may round us beat,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm;<br>We\u2019ll never leave our safe Retreat,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm.<\/li><li>O Rock divine, O Refuge dear,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm;<br>Be Thou our Helper ever near,<br>A Shelter in the time of storm.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight<br>Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;<br>In celestial-like strains it unceasingly falls<br>O\u2019er my soul like an infinite calm.<ul><li><em>Refrain:<\/em><br>Peace, peace, wonderful peace,<br>Coming down from the Father above!<br>Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray<br>In fathomless billows of love!<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace,<br>Buried deep in the heart of my soul,<br>So secure that no power can mine it away,<br>While the years of eternity roll!<\/li><li>I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,<br>Resting sweetly in Jesus\u2019 control;<br>For I\u2019m kept from all danger by night and by day,<br>And His glory is flooding my soul!<\/li><li>And I think when I rise to that city of peace,<br>Where the Author of peace I shall see,<br>That one strain of the song which the ransomed will sing<br>In that heavenly kingdom will be:<\/li><li>Ah soul, are you here without comfort and rest,<br>Marching down the rough pathway of time?<br>Make Jesus your friend ere the shadows grow dark;<br>Oh, accept this sweet peace so sublime!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tempted and tried, we\u2019re oft made to wonder<br>Why it should be thus all the day long;<br>While there are others living about us,<br>Never molested, though in the wrong.<ul><li><em>Refrain:<\/em><br>Farther along we\u2019ll know more about it,<br>Farther along we\u2019ll understand why;<br>Cheer up, my brother, live in the sunshine,<br>We\u2019ll understand it all by and by.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Often when death has taken our loved ones,<br>Leaving our home so lone and so drear,<br>Then do we wonder why others prosper,<br>Living so wicked year after year.<\/li><li>\u201cFaithful till death,\u201d saith our loving Master;<br>Short is our time to labor and wait;<br>Then will our toiling seem to be nothing,<br>When we shall pass the heavenly gate.<\/li><li>Soon we will see our dear, loving Savior,<br>Hear the last trumpet sound through the sky;<br>Then we will meet those gone on before us,<br>Then we shall know and understand why.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God is so Good, God is so Good, God is so Good, He&#8217;s so Good to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final Hymn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Rock of Ages, cleft for me,<br>Let me hide myself in Thee;<br>Let the water and the blood,<br>From Thy wounded side which flowed,<br>Be of sin the double cure,<br>Save from wrath and make me pure.<\/li><li>Not the labor of my hands<br>Can fulfill Thy law\u2019s demands;<br>Could my zeal no respite know,<br>Could my tears forever flow,<br>All for sin could not atone;<br>Thou must save, and Thou alone.<\/li><li>Nothing in my hand I bring,<br>Simply to Thy cross I cling;<br>Naked, come to Thee for dress;<br>Helpless, look to Thee for grace;<br>Foul, I to the fountain fly;<br>Wash me, Savior, or I die.<\/li><li>While I draw this fleeting breath,<br>When my eyes shall close in death,<br>When I rise to worlds unknown,<br>And behold Thee on Thy throne,<br>Rock of Ages, cleft for me,<br>Let me hide myself in Thee.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnd the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.\u201d (Philippians 4:7, KJV) The Lord\u2019s our Rock, in Him we hide,A Shelter in the time of storm;Secure whatever ill betide,A Shelter in the time of storm. Refrain:Oh, Jesus is a Rock in a weary land,A weary land, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/?p=724\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunday Morning Hymns April 19, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":725,"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forum.ebcct.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}