{"id":472,"date":"2014-04-20T07:43:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T07:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/?p=472"},"modified":"2014-04-20T07:44:11","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T07:44:11","slug":"come-and-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/2014\/04\/come-and-worship.html","title":{"rendered":"Come and Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;Rise. O Church, and lift your voices, Christ has conquered death and hell.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sing as all the earth rejoices;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Resurrection anthems swell. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Come and worship, Come and worship,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Worship Christ the Risen King!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hallelujah! He is risen!<\/p>\n<p>He is risen for those grieving the loss of their children who were on the S. Korean ferry boat. 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