Book 1, Hymn 86 · John Newton · Public-domain words
Though in the outward church below
Book 1, Hymn 86 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. Though in the outward church belowThe wheat and tares together grow;Jesus ere long will weed the crop,And pluck the tares, in anger, up.
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Stanza 2. Will it relieve their horrors there,To recollect their stations here?How much they heard, how much they knew,How long amongst the wheat they grew!
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Stanza 3. O! this will aggravate their case!They perished under means of grace;To them the word of life and faith,Became an instrument of death.
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Stanza 4. We seem alike when thus we meet,Strangers might think we all are wheat;But to the Lord’s all–searching eyes,Each heart appears without disguise.
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Stanza 5. The tares are spared for various ends,Some, for the sake of praying friends;Others, the LORD, against their will,Employs his counsels to fulfill.
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Stanza 6. But though they grow so tall and strong,His plan will not require them long;In harvest, when he saves his own,The tares shall into hell be thrown.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 86. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-86
About these words
John Newton lived from 1725 to 1807. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
