{"id":4697,"date":"2015-11-30T13:08:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T17:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2015-11-30T13:08:31","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T17:08:31","slug":"creator-of-the-stars-of-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=4697","title":{"rendered":"CREATOR OF THE STARS OF NIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this first week of Advent, my poem of the week is this wonderful 7<sup>th<\/sup> century hymn that I have only recently come across. I hope you enjoy it as I have.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Creator of the stars of night,<br \/>\nThy people\u2019s everlasting light,<br \/>\nJesu, Redeemer, save us all,<br \/>\nAnd hear Thy servants when they call.<\/p>\n<p>Thou, grieving that the ancient curse<br \/>\nShould doom to death a universe,<br \/>\nHast found the medicine, full of grace,<br \/>\nTo save and heal a ruined race.<\/p>\n<p>Thou cam\u2019st, the Bridegroom of the bride,<br \/>\nAs drew the world to evening-tide;<br \/>\nProceeding from a virgin shrine,<br \/>\nThe spotless victim all divine.<\/p>\n<p>At whose dread name, majestic now,<br \/>\nAll knees must bend, all hearts must bow;<br \/>\nAnd things celestial Thee shall own,<br \/>\nAnd things terrestrial, Lord alone.<\/p>\n<p>O Thou whose coming is with dread<br \/>\nTo judge and doom the quick and dead,<br \/>\nPreserve us, while we dwell below,<br \/>\nFrom every insult of the foe.<\/p>\n<p>To God the Father, God the Son,<br \/>\nAnd God the Spirit, Three in One,<br \/>\nLaud, honor, might, and glory be<br \/>\nFrom age to age eternally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unknown author, 7th Century\u00a0(<em>Conditor alme siderum<\/em>); translated from Latin to English by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hymntime.com\/tch\/bio\/n\/e\/a\/neale_jm.htm\">John M. Neale<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Hymnal Noted, 1852<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this first week of Advent, my poem of the week is this wonderful 7th century hymn that I have only recently come across. I hope you enjoy it as I have. Creator of the stars of night, Thy people\u2019s everlasting light, Jesu, Redeemer, save us all, And hear Thy servants when they call. Thou, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=4697\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;CREATOR OF THE STARS OF NIGHT&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[200,32,17,261],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4698,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4697\/revisions\/4698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}