{"id":8851,"date":"2025-12-14T10:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-241-jesus-the-very-thought-of-thee-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:57","slug":"hymn-241-jesus-the-very-thought-of-thee-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-241-jesus-the-very-thought-of-thee-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 241 JESUS, THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEE Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 241 JESUS, THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEE Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nJesus, the very thought of thee<br \/>\nWith sweetness fills the breast;<br \/>\nBut sweeter far Thy face to see,<br \/>\nAnd in Thy presence rest.<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nNo voice can sing, no heart can frame,<br \/>\nNor can the memory find<br \/>\nA sweeter sound than Jesus&#8217; name,<br \/>\nThe Savior of mankind.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nO hope of every contrite heart!<br \/>\nO joy of all the meek,<br \/>\nTo those who fall, how kind Thou art!<br \/>\nHow good to those who seek!<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nBut what to those who find? Ah, this<br \/>\nNor tongue nor pen can show;<br \/>\nThe love of Jesus, what it is,<br \/>\nNone but His loved ones know.<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\nJesus, our only joy be Thou,<br \/>\nAs Thou our prize wilt be;<br \/>\nJesus, be Thou our glory now,<br \/>\nAnd through eternity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 241 JESUS, THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEE Lyrics &nbsp; 1 Jesus, the very thought of thee With sweetness fills the breast; But sweeter far Thy face to see, And in Thy presence rest. 2 No voice can sing, no heart can frame, Nor can the memory find A [&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-8851","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\/8851","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=8851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}