Book 2, Hymn 59 · John Newton · Public-domain words
Refreshed by the bread and wine
Book 2, Hymn 59 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. Refreshed by the bread and wine,The pledges of our Savior’s love;Now let our hearts and voices joinIn songs of praise with those above.
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Stanza 2. Do they sing, “Worthy is the Lamb?”Although we cannot reach their strains,Yet we, through grace, can sing the same,For us he died, for us he reigns.
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Stanza 3. If they behold him face to face,While we a glimpse can only see;Yet equal debtors to his grace,As safe and as beloved are we.
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Stanza 4. They had, like us a suff’ring time,Our cares and fears, and griefs they knew;But they have conquered all through him,And we, ere long, shall conquer too.
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Stanza 5. Though all the songs of saints in light,Are far beneath his matchless worth;His grace is such, he will not slightThe poor attempts of worms on earth.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 59. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-59
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.
