{"id":8733,"date":"2025-12-14T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-123-as-with-gladness-men-of-old-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:15:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:46","slug":"hymn-123-as-with-gladness-men-of-old-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-123-as-with-gladness-men-of-old-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 123 AS WITH GLADNESS MEN OF OLD Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 123 AS WITH GLADNESS MEN OF OLD Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nAs with gladness men of old<br \/>\nDid the guiding star behold,<br \/>\nAs with joy they hailed its light,<br \/>\nLeading onward, beaming bright,<br \/>\nSo, most gracious Lord, may we<br \/>\nEvermore be led to Thee.<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nAs with joyful steps they sped<br \/>\nTo that lowly manger bed,<br \/>\nThere to bend the knee before<br \/>\nHim whom heav&#8217;n and earth adore,<br \/>\nSo may we with willing feet<br \/>\nEver seek Thy mercy seat.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nAs they offered gifts most rare<br \/>\nAt that manger rude and bare,<br \/>\nSo may we with holy joy,<br \/>\nPure, and free from sin&#8217;s alloy,<br \/>\nAll our costliest treasures bring,<br \/>\nChrist, to Thee our heav&#8217;nly King.<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nHoly Jesus, every day<br \/>\nKeep us in the narrow way;<br \/>\nAnd, when earthly things are past,<br \/>\nBring our ransomed souls at last<br \/>\nWhere they need no star to guide,<br \/>\nWhere no clouds Thy glory hide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 123 AS WITH GLADNESS MEN OF OLD Lyrics &nbsp; 1 As with gladness men of old Did the guiding star behold, As with joy they hailed its light, Leading onward, beaming bright, So, most gracious Lord, may we Evermore be led to Thee. 2 As with joyful steps [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}