{"id":9112,"date":"2023-01-11T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9112"},"modified":"2023-01-11T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T06:00:00","slug":"service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/service\/","title":{"rendered":"Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn89074405\/1915-01-11\/ed-1\/seq-3\/\">Grand Forks Daily Herald, January 11, 1915<\/a>. By John Milton.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>When I consider how my light is spent<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And that one talent which is death to hide<br\/>Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent<br\/>To serve therewith my Maker, and present<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My true account, lest he returning chide\u2014<br\/>Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?<br\/>I fondly ask: But Patience to prevent<br\/>That murmur soon replies: God doth not need<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Either man\u2019s work or his own gifts; who best<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best: His state<br\/>Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And post o\u2019er land and ocean without rest;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;They also serve who only stand and wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Grand Forks Daily Herald, January 11, 1915. By John Milton. When I consider how my light is spent&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And that one talent which is death to hideLodged with me useless, though my soul more bentTo serve therewith my Maker, and present&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My true account, lest he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,3],"tags":[198],"class_list":["post-9112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grand-forks-daily-herald","category-newspapers","tag-john-milton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}