Book 3, Hymn 95 · John Newton · Public-domain words
Often thy public means of grace
Book 3, Hymn 95 · John Newton
The words
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Stanza 1. Often thy public means of grace,Thy thirsty people’s wat’ring place,The archers have beset;Attacked them in thy house of prayer,To prison dragged, or to the bar,When thus together met.
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Stanza 2. But we from such assaults are freed,Can pray, and sing, and hear, and read,And meet, and part, in peace:May we our privileges prize,In their improvement make us wise,And bless us with increase.
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Stanza 3. Unless thy presence thou afford;Unless thy blessing clothe the word,In vain our liberty!What would it profit to maintainA name for life, should we remainFormal and dead to thee?
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 95. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-95
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.
