{"id":108197,"date":"2021-12-26T15:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=108197"},"modified":"2021-12-26T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T20:01:29","slug":"more-music-for-christmas-jesus-christ-the-apple-tree-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=108197","title":{"rendered":"More Music for Christmas&#8211;Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SixnHKwyrjI\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Ever since I first heard it, my favorite Christmas song&#8211;KSH.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics&#8211;The tree of life my soul hath seen,<br \/>\nLaden with fruit, and always green:<br \/>\nThe trees of nature fruitless be<br \/>\nCompared with Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>His beauty doth all things excel:<br \/>\nBy faith I know, but ne&#8217;er can tell<br \/>\nThe glory which I now can see<br \/>\nIn Jesus Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>For happiness I long have sought,<br \/>\nAnd pleasure dearly I have bought:<br \/>\nI missed of all; but now I see<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis found in Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m weary with my former toil,<br \/>\nHere I will sit and rest awhile:<br \/>\nUnder the shadow I will be<br \/>\nof Jesus Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>This fruit doth make my soul to thrive,<br \/>\nIt keeps my dying faith alive;<br \/>\nWhich makes my soul in haste to be<br \/>\nWith Jesus Christ the apple tree.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apple Tree in Blossom, 1885 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gustavecaillebotte?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gustavecaillebotte<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/caillebotte?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#caillebotte<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IpiwNjyB0o\">pic.twitter.com\/IpiwNjyB0o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gustave Caillebotte (@art_caillebotte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/art_caillebotte\/status\/1474831449677307906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since I first heard it, my favorite Christmas song&#8211;KSH. Lyrics&#8211;The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit, and always green: The trees of nature fruitless be Compared with Christ the apple tree. His beauty doth all<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=108197\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[575,186,183],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-church-history","category-liturgy-music-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108197"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108200,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108197\/revisions\/108200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}