{"id":935,"date":"2017-04-25T12:41:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T12:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/?page_id=935"},"modified":"2017-04-25T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T12:41:49","slug":"the-captives-hymn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/the-captives-hymn\/","title":{"rendered":"The Captives&#8217; Hymn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>The Captives&#8217; Hymn<\/i> by Margaret Dryburgh<\/p>\n<p>Father, in captivity,<br \/>\nWe would lift our prayers to Thee,<br \/>\nKeep us ever in Thy love,<br \/>\nGrant that daily we may prove<br \/>\nThose who place their trust in Thee<br \/>\nMore than conquerors may be.<br \/>\nGive us patience to endure.<br \/>\nKeep our hearts serene and pure,<br \/>\nGrant us courage, charity,<br \/>\nGreater faith, humility,<br \/>\nReadiness to own Thy will,<br \/>\nBe we free or captives still.<br \/>\nFor our country we would pray,<br \/>\nIn this hour be Thou her stay,<br \/>\nPride and sinfulness forgive,<br \/>\nTeach her by Thy laws to live,<br \/>\nBy Thy grace may all men see<br \/>\nThat true greatness comes from Thee.<br \/>\nFor our loved ones we would pray,<br \/>\nBe their guardian night and day,<br \/>\nFrom all danger keep them free,<br \/>\nBanish all anxiety,<br \/>\nMay they trust us to Thy care,<br \/>\nKnow that Thou our pains dost share.<br \/>\nMay the day of freedom dawn,<br \/>\nPeace and justice be reborn,<br \/>\nGrant that nations loving Thee<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the world may brothers be,<br \/>\nCleansed by suffering, know rebirth,<br \/>\nSee Thy kingdom come on earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Captives&#8217; Hymn by Margaret Dryburgh Father, in captivity, We would lift our prayers to Thee, Keep us ever in Thy love, Grant that daily we may prove Those who place their trust in Thee More than conquerors may be. Give us patience to endure. Keep our hearts serene and pure, Grant us courage, charity, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-935","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":937,"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/935\/revisions\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.sunderland.ac.uk\/seagullcity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}