Come, ye sinners, come to Jesus

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Come, ye sinners, come to Jesus

Author: John Newton
Published in 22 hymnals

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1 Come, ye sinners, come to Jesus,
Think upon your glorious Lord,
He has pity'd your condition,
He has sent his gospel word.
Mercy calls you,
Mercy flows on Jesus' blood.

2 Dearest Saviour, help thy servant
To proclaim thy wodn'rous love;
Pour thy grace upon this people,
That thy truth they may approve;
Bless O bless them
From thy shining courts above.

3 Now thy gracious word invites them
To partake the gospel-feast:
Let thy Spirit sweetly draw them,
Ev'ry soul be Jesus' guest.
O receive us
Let us find thy promis'd rest.

Source: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under the appointment of the Philadelphian Association #CCCXV

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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 >

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