A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #264
Display Title: Let plenteous grace descend upon those First Line: Let plenteous grace descend upon those Date: 1882
A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs #264
1 Let plenteous grace descend on those
Who, hoping in thy word,
This day have solemnly declared
That Jesus is their Lord.
2 With cheerful feet may they advance,
And run the Christian race,
And, through the troubles of the way,
Find all-sufficient grace.
3 Lord, plant us all into thy death,
That we thy life may prove:
Partakers of thy cross beneath,
And of thy crown above.
4 Come, Holy Spirit, love divine,
Thy grace to us be given;
To a new life our souls incline,
A life for God and heaven.
Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1073
John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumultuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >| First Line: | Let plenteous grace descend upon those |
| Author: | John Newton |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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