Pride can be,
not just what we think –
but what we THINK
about what we think 🙂
– eab, 9/1/09
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– eab, 9/1/09
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– eab, 9/28/09
Posted in holy living, poet British, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1774, 9/28/1774, “Amazing Grace”, “We are always equally in danger in ourselves and always equally safe under the shadow of His wings” Newton was Anglican minister, Glorious things of thee are spoken, hymn writer, John Newton on this date, personal friend and back-fence neighbor, William Cowper on September 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
he whose word cannot be broken
formed thee for his own abode;
on the Rock of Ages founded,
what can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
thou may’st smile at all thy foes.
See! the streams of living waters,
spring form eternal love,
well supply thy sons and daughters
and all fear of want remove.
Who can faint, when such a river
ever flows their thirst to assuage?
Grace which, like the Lord, the Giver,
never fails from age to age.
Round each habitation hovering,
see the cloud and fire appear
for a glory and a covering,
showing that the Lord is near.
Thus they march, their pillar leading,
light by night, and shade by day;
daily on the manna feeding
which he gives them when they pray.
Blest inhabitants of Zion,
washed in the Redeemer’s blood!
Jesus, whom their souls rely on,
makes them kings and priests to God.
‘Tis his love his people raises
over self to reign as kings:
and as priests, his solemn praises
each for a thank-offering brings.
Savior, if of Zion’s city,
I through grace a member am,
let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in thy Name.
Fading is the worldling’s pleasure,
all his boasted pomp and show;
solid joys and lasting treasure
none but Zion’s children know.
John Newton on this date, 9/28/1774 is thought to have written (in a letter)
“We are always equally in danger in ourselves and always equally safe under the shadow of His wings.” Newton was an Anglican minister and hymn writer best known for his “Amazing Grace.” He was a personal friend and back-fence neighbor to William Cowper.