When any turn from Zion’s way

The words

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   Stanza 1. When any turn from Zion’s way,(Alas! what numbers do!)Methinks I hear my Savior say,“Wilt thou forsake me too?”

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   Stanza 2. Ah Lord! with such a heart as mine,Unless thou hold me fast;I feel I must, I shall decline,And prove like them at last.

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   Stanza 3. Yet thou alone hast pow’r, I know,To save a wretch like me;To whom, or whither, could I go,If I should turn from thee?

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   Stanza 4. Beyond a doubt I rest assuredThou art the CHRIST of God;Who hast eternal life securedBy promise and by blood.

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   Stanza 5. The help of men and angels joined,Could never reach my case;Nor can I hope relief to find,But in thy boundless grace.

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   Stanza 6. No voice but thine can give me rest,And bid my fears depart;No love but thine can make me blest,And satisfy my heart.

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   Stanza 7. What anguish has that question stirred,If I will also go?Yet, LORD, relying on thy word,I humbly answer, No!

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 115. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-115