{"id":18656,"date":"2023-09-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=18656"},"modified":"2023-09-02T20:30:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T00:30:42","slug":"sunday-singing-i-am-thine-o-lord-i-have-heard-thy-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=18656","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Singing: I Am Thine, O Lord, I Have Heard Thy Voice"},"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=\"&quot;I am Thine O Lord&quot;  by 200 Voice Mass Choir for Classic Hymns album &quot; Sweet Hour Of Prayer&quot;\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q3OS0sHUwlk?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><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s hymn is another one by Fanny Crosby, published in 1875, distributed in the revival meetings led by Moody and Sankey. The melody by American William H. Doane may sound dated now (and is the main reason many churches no longer sing hymns in general), but the devotion of the text is moving. And hearing a choir like the one above singing a classic hymn like this stirs the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me&#8221; (John 10:27 NRSV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice,<br>And it told thy love to me;<br>But I long to rise in the arms of faith,<br>And be closer drawn to thee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain:<br>Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,<br>To the cross where thou hast died;<br>Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,<br>To thy precious, bleeding side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Consecrate me now to thy service, Lord,<br>By the pow&#8217;r of grace divine;<br>Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,<br>And my will be lost in thine. [Refrain]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 O the pure delight of a single hour<br>That before thy throne I spend,<br>When I kneel in prayer, and with thee, my God,<br>I commune as friend with friend! [Refrain]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 There are depths of love that I cannot know<br>Till I cross the narrow sea;<br>There are heights of joy that I may not reach<br>Till I rest in peace with thee. [Refrain]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s hymn is another one by Fanny Crosby, published in 1875, distributed in the revival meetings led by Moody and Sankey. The melody by American William H. Doane may sound dated now (and is the main reason many churches no longer sing hymns in general), but the devotion of the text is moving. And hearing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=18656\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunday Singing: I Am Thine, O Lord, I Have Heard Thy Voice<\/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":[3672,1254,3966],"class_list":["post-18656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-fanny-j-crosby","tag-hymns","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\/18656","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=18656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18657,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18656\/revisions\/18657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}