Sweeter founds than music knows
Book 2, Hymn 37 · John Newton · Public-domain words
Sweeter founds than music knows
Book 2, Hymn 37 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. Sweeter founds than music knowsCharm me, in EMMANUEL’S name;All her hopes my spirit owesTo his birth, and cross, and shame.
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Stanza 2. When he came the angels sang“Glory be to GOD on high,”Lord, unloose my stamm’ring tongue,Who should louder sing than I.
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Stanza 3. Did the Lord a man becomeThat he might the law fulfil,Bleed and suffer in my room,And canst thou, my tongue, be still.
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Stanza 4. No, I must my praises bring,Though they worthless are, and weak;For should I refuse to singSure the very stones would speak.
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Stanza 5. O my Savior, Shield, and Sun,Shepherd, Brother, Husband, Friend,Every precious name in one;I will love thee without end.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 37. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-37
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.
The CCEL transcription modernizes spelling and some punctuation. Read this hymn at the source. Checked 23 October 2026.
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