{"id":856,"date":"2020-06-26T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccsatx.com\/hymns\/?p=856"},"modified":"2021-02-26T17:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T17:43:47","slug":"what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccsatx.com\/hymns\/what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Friend We Have in Jesus!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Piano Only<\/strong><br \/>\n<style class=\"player-custom-style\">body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a) .player-but .the-icon-bg, body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a) .playbtn .the-icon-bg , body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a) .pausebtn .the-icon-bg, body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a).skin-wave .ap-controls .scrubbar .scrubBox-hover { background-color: #3274c0;   border-color: #3274c0;   } body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a) .meta-artist .the-artist { color: #3274c0; opacity:0.7;} body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a) .volume_active { background-color: #3274c0;} body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a) .meta-artist .the-songname, body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a) .meta-artist .the-songname>a, body .audioplayer.playerid-36448221:not(.a) .meta-artist .the-songname object>a { color: #3274c0; 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