Parting Hymn

As the sun's enlivening eye

Author: John Newton
Published in 62 hymnals

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As the sun’s enlivening eye
Shines on every place the same;
So the Lord is always nigh
To the souls that love His name.

When they move at duty’s call,
He is with them by the way;
He is ever with them all,
Those who go and those who stay.

From His holy mercy-seat
Nothing can their souls confine;
Still in spirit they may meet,
And in sweet communion join.

Father, hear our humble prayer!
Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep,
Let Thy mercy and Thy care
All our souls in safety keep.

In Thy strength may we be strong;
Sanctify each cross and pain;
Give us, if Thou wilt, ere long
Here to meet in peace again.



Source: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #69

Author: John Newton

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 >

Text Information

First Line: As the sun's enlivening eye
Title: Parting Hymn
Author: John Newton
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

As the sun's enlivening eye. J. Newton. [Parting.] Bull, in his life of Newton, p. 222, gives the following account of the origin of this hymn:—

"In November [1776] Mr. Newton underwent an operation for a tumour in his thigh. He was mercifully brought through it, and was very soon able to resume his ordinary duties. On this occasion he composed the 71st hymn, Bk. ii. in the Olney Hymns."

As intimated, the hymn appeared in the Olney Hymns, 1779, in 7 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "Parting." It came into use in the older collections, and is still found in a few hymnals both in Great Britain and America. The hymn, "For a season called to part," which is given in the New Congregational Hymn Book, 1859, No. 848, and other collections, especially in America, is composed of stanzas iv., v., and vi. of this hymn.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Book of Hymns and Tunes #156

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #69

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A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #69

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #513

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #513

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #513

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #513

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #513

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #513

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #658

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d21

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d20

A Selection of Hymns....3d ed #d17

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #807

Grammar School Hymn Book #d17

Harmony in Praise #d11

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #156

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Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #339

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #758

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a758

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Hymn, Tune, and Service Book for Sunday Schools #103

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Hymnal Amore Dei #160

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Hymnal, Amore Dei #160

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Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a160

Hymns and Tunes for the Sunday School, the Congregation and the Home #d12

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Hymns for Public Worship #227

Hymns for Schools and Families #d12

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Hymns for Schools and Families #56

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Hymns for Schools #368

Hymns for Social Worship and Private Devotion #d11

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #502

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #502

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Hymns for the Sanctuary #642

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Hymns of the Church Universal #542

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Hymns of the Spirit #136

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d12

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Services for Congregational Worship. The New Hymn and Tune Book #512

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The Baptist Hymn Book #826

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The Boston Sunday School Hymn Book #194

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The Carol #33b

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d31

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d30

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The Christian Psalmist #651

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The Cyber Hymnal #9261

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #93

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The Golden Hymn Book #57

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The Pilgrim Hymnal #542

The Sabbath School Lyre #d6

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The Sabbath School Lyre #172

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The School Hymn-Book #16

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d46

The Sunday School Choir and Superintendent's Assistant #d10

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The Sunday School Hymnary #566

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The Sunday School Liturgy. (4th ed.) #93

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The Sunday School Singing Book #61

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d27

Youthful Voices #d16

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