{"id":17063,"date":"2022-07-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=17063"},"modified":"2022-07-23T22:32:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T02:32:32","slug":"sunday-singing-the-king-of-love-my-shepherd-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=17063","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Singing: The King of Love My Shepherd Is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The King Of Love My Shepherd Is | Christian Hymn | Psalm 23 | Choir with Lyrics | Sunday 7pm Choir\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLdPoQnylnA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>&#8220;The King of Love My Shepherd Is&#8221; performed by the choir of St. Francis de Sales Church in Ajax, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is another of my favorite hymns. This adaptation of Psalm 23 is by Englishman H. W. Baker, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire (1821-1877). He reportedly recited this hymn&#8217;s third verse as his dying words. The beautiful tune is naturally traditional Irish, labeled &#8220;St. Columbia&#8221; in the books.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 The King of love my shepherd is,<br>whose goodness faileth never.<br>I nothing lack if I am his,<br>and he is mine forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Where streams of living water flow,<br>my ransomed soul he leadeth;<br>and where the verdant pastures grow,<br>with food celestial feedeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,<br>but yet in love he sought me;<br>and on his shoulder gently laid,<br>and home, rejoicing, brought me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 In death&#8217;s dark vale I fear no ill,<br>with thee, dear Lord, beside me;<br>thy rod and staff my comfort still,<br>thy cross before to guide me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5 Thou spreadst a table in my sight;<br>thy unction grace bestoweth;<br>and oh, what transport of delight<br>from thy pure chalice floweth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6 And so through all the length of days,<br>thy goodness faileth never;<br>Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise<br>within thy house forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another of my favorite hymns. This adaptation of Psalm 23 is by Englishman H. W. Baker, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire (1821-1877). He reportedly recited this hymn&#8217;s third verse as his dying words. The beautiful tune is naturally traditional Irish, labeled &#8220;St. Columbia&#8221; in the books. 1 The King of love my shepherd is,whose &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=17063\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunday Singing: The King of Love My Shepherd Is<\/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":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[1254,2271,3966],"class_list":["post-17063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-hymns","tag-psalms","tag-sunday-singing"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17064,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17063\/revisions\/17064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}