Salvation! what a glorious plan
Book 3, Hymn 85 · John Newton · Public-domain words
Salvation! what a glorious plan
Book 3, Hymn 85 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. Salvation! what a glorious plan,How suited to our need!The grace that raises fallen man,Is wonderful indeed!
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Stanza 2. ’Twas wisdom formed the vast design,To ransom us when lost;And love’s unfathomable mineProvided all the cost.
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Stanza 3. Strict Justice, with approving look,The holy cov’nant sealed;And Truth, and Power, undertookThe whole should be fulfilled.
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Stanza 4. Truth, Wisdom, Justice, Pow’r and Love,In all their glory shone;When JESUS left the courts above,And died to save his own.
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Stanza 5. Truth, Wisdom, Justice, Pow’r and Love,Are equally displayed;Now JESUS reigns enthroned above,Our Advocate and Head.
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Stanza 6. Now sin appears deserving death,Most hateful and abhorred;And yet the sinner lives by faith,And dares approach the LORD.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 85. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-85
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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