Book 2, Hymn 90 · John Newton · Public-domain words
As needles point towards the pole
Book 2, Hymn 90 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. As needles point towards the pole,When touched by the magnetic stone;So faith in JESUS, gives the soulA tendency before unknown.
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Stanza 2. Till then, by blinded passions led,In search of fancied good we range;The paths of disappointment tread,To nothing fixed, but love of change.
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Stanza 3. But when the Holy Ghost impartsA knowledge of the Savior’s love;Our wand’ring, weary, restless hearts,Are fixed at once, no more to move.
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Stanza 4. Now a new principle takes place,Which guides and animates the will;This love, another name for grace,Constrains to good, and bars from ill.
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Stanza 5. By love’s sure light we soon perceiveOur noblest bliss, and proper end;And gladly every idol leave,To love and serve our Lord and Friend.
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Stanza 6. Thus borne along by faith and hope,We feel the Savior’s words are true;“And I, if I be lifted up,Will draw the sinner upward too.”
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 90. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-90
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.
