{"id":8852,"date":"2025-12-14T10:15:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-242-jesus-thou-joy-of-loving-hearts-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:15:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:15:57","slug":"hymn-242-jesus-thou-joy-of-loving-hearts-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-242-jesus-thou-joy-of-loving-hearts-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 242 JESUS, THOU JOY OF LOVING HEARTS Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 242 JESUS, THOU JOY OF LOVING HEARTS Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\nJesus, Thou joy of loving hearts!<br \/>\nThou fount of life! Thou light of men!<br \/>\nFrom the best bliss that earth imparts,<br \/>\nWe turn unfilled to Thee again.<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\nThy truth unchanged has ever stood;<br \/>\nThou savest those that on Thee call;<br \/>\nTo them that seek Thee Thou art good,<br \/>\nTo them that find Thee, all in all.<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\nWe taste Thee, O Thou living Bread,<br \/>\nAnd long to feast upon Thee still;<br \/>\nWe drink of Thee, the Fountainhead,<br \/>\nAnd thirst our souls from Thee to fill!<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\nOur restless spirits yearn for Thee,<br \/>\nWheree&#8217;r our changeful lot is cast;<br \/>\nGlad, when Thy gracious smile we see,<br \/>\nBlest, when our faith can hold Thee fast.<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\nO Jesus, ever with us stay;<br \/>\nMake all our moments calm and bright;<br \/>\nChase the dark night of sin away,<br \/>\nShed o&#8217;r the world Thy holy light!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 242 JESUS, THOU JOY OF LOVING HEARTS Lyrics &nbsp; 1 Jesus, Thou joy of loving hearts! Thou fount of life! Thou light of men! From the best bliss that earth imparts, We turn unfilled to Thee again. 2 Thy truth unchanged has ever stood; Thou savest those that [&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-8852","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\/8852","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=8852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}