Saturday Evening (John Newton Poems)
Safely through another week,God has brought us on our way;Let us now a blessing seek,On th' approaching Sabbath-day:Day of all ...
Safely through another week,God has brought us on our way;Let us now a blessing seek,On th' approaching Sabbath-day:Day of all ...
Sometimes a light surprisesThe Christian while he sings;It is the Lord who risesWith healing in his wings:When comforts are declining,He ...
My barns are full, my stores increase,And now, for many years,Soul, eat and drink, and take thine ease,Secure from wants ...
Son of God! thy people's shield!Must we still thine absence mourn?Let thy promise be fulfilled,Thou hast said, I will return!Gracious ...
Manna to Israel well suppliedThe want of other bread;While God is able to provide,His people shall be fed.Thus though the ...
Let us adore the grace that seeksTo draw our hearts above!Attend, 'tis God the Saviour speaks,And every word is love.Though ...
He who on earth as man was known,And bore our sins and pains;Now, seated on th' eternal throne,The God of ...
When Israel heard the fiery law,From Sinai's top proclaimed;Their hearts seemed full of holy awe,Their stubborn spirits tamed.Yet, as forgetting ...
By the poor widow's oil and mealElijah was sustained;Though small the stock it lasted well,For God the store maintained.It seemed ...
When Israel's tribes were parch'd with thirst,Forth from the rock the waters burst;And all their future journey throughYielded them drink, ...
Poor sinners! little do they thinkWith whom they have to do!But stand securely on the brinkOf everlasting woe.Belshazzar thus, profanely ...
Father, forgive (the Saviour said)They know not what they do:His heart was moved when thus he prayedFor me, my friends, ...
In mercy, not in wrath, rebukeThy feeble worm, my God!My spirit dreads thine angry look,And trembles at thy rod.Have mercy, ...
When any turn from Zion's way,(Alas! what numbers do!)Methinks I hear my Saviour say,Wilt thou forsake me too?Ah Lord! with ...
Joy is a fruit that will not growIn nature's barren foil;All we can boast, till Christ we know,Is vanity and ...
For mercies, countless as the sands,Which daily I receiveFrom Jesus, my Redeemer's hands,My soul what canst thou give?Alas! from such ...
Now may He who from the deadBrought the Shepherd of the sheep,Jesus Christ, our King and Head,All our souls in ...
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