{"id":2636,"date":"2013-01-29T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T18:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldsandals.net\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2013-02-02T20:10:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T00:10:24","slug":"bride-of-christ-whose-glorious-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=2636","title":{"rendered":"Bride of Christ, Whose Glorious Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00a0&#8220;In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance\u201d, declares the Sovereign Lord.\u00a0\u00a0 Ezekiel 47:23<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We Gentiles are foreigners, stangers to the covenant, but brought in by the wonderful grace of the Sovereign Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Bride of Christ, whose glorious warfare<br \/>\nHere on earth hath never rest;<br \/>\nLift thy voice, and tell the triumphs<br \/>\nOf the holy and the blest;<br \/>\nJoyous be the day we hallow,<br \/>\nFeast of all the saints on high,<br \/>\nEarth and Heav\u2019n together blending<br \/>\nIn one solemn harmony.<\/p>\n<p>First the bless\u00e8d virgin mother,<br \/>\nReunited to her Son,<br \/>\nLeads the host of ransomed people,<br \/>\nWho unfading crowns have won;<br \/>\nJohn, the herald, Christ\u2019s forerunner,<br \/>\nMore than prophet, leads his throng,<br \/>\nSeer and patriarch responsive<br \/>\nUnto psalmist in their song.<\/p>\n<p>Lo, the twelve, majestic princes,<br \/>\nIn the court of Jesus sit,<br \/>\nCalmly watching, while the conflict<br \/>\nRages far beneath their feet;<br \/>\nLo, the martyrs, robed in crimson,<br \/>\nSign of life blood freely spent,<br \/>\nFinding life, because they lost it,<br \/>\nDwell in undisturbed content.<\/p>\n<p>All the saintly host who witnessed<br \/>\nGood confessions for His sake\u2014<br \/>\nPriest and deacon, world renouncing,<br \/>\nOf their Master\u2019s joy partake;<br \/>\nVirgins to the Lamb devoted,<br \/>\nFollowing with steadfast love,<br \/>\nBring their lilies and their roses<br \/>\nTo the marriage feast above.<\/p>\n<p>All, their happy lot fulfilling,<br \/>\nGod omnipotent proclaim;<br \/>\nHoly, holy, holy, crying,<br \/>\nGlory to His holy name!<br \/>\nSo may God in mercy grant us<br \/>\nHere to serve in holiness,<br \/>\nTill He call us to the portion<br \/>\nWhich His saints in light possess.<\/p>\n<p>Words: Jean Baptiste de Contes (1601-1679)<br \/>\nMusic: Christian F. Witt (1660-1716)<br \/>\nTune: Stuttgart (87 87)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0&#8220;In whatever tribe a foreigner resides, there you are to give them their inheritance\u201d, declares the Sovereign Lord.\u00a0\u00a0 Ezekiel 47:23 We Gentiles are foreigners, stangers to the covenant, but brought in by the wonderful grace of the Sovereign Lord. Bride of Christ, whose glorious warfare Here on earth hath never rest; Lift thy voice, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/?p=2636\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bride of Christ, Whose Glorious Warfare&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oldsandals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}