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Not to Sinai's dreadful blaze

Not to Sinai's dreadful blaze

Author: John Newton
Published in 8 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Not to Sinai's dreadful blaze,
But to Zion's throne of grace,
by a way marked out with blood,
Sinners now approach to God.

2 Not to hear the fiery law,
But with humble joy to draw
Water by that well supplied,
Jesus opened when he died.

3 Lord, there are no streams but thine,
Can assuage a thirst like mine;
'Tis a thirst thyself didst give,
Let me therefore drink and live.

The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the most approved authors, 1799

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: Not to Sinai's dreadful blaze
Author: John Newton
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Baptist Hymn Book #149

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The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors #CCXCIII

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The Hartford Selection of Hymns #CCXCIII

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The Lord's Songs #CCLXV

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The Springfield Collection of Hymns for Sacred Worship #419

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