Sin and Grace

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The saints, at times, do look within

Author: Anne Dutton (1734)
Tune: SHEPHERDS' PIPES
Published in 1 hymnal

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1. The saints, at times, do look within,
And are beset with dread
By reason of indwelling sin,
Throughout their nature spread.
For as the great apostle said,
And ev'ry saint does find,
A law, we in ourselves can't keep,
That wars against the mind.

2. No, warring only is not all;
Sin oft times wins the field,
And by its force so powerful,
The captive soul does yield.
But in all saints is a new mind,
Which ev'ry evil hates;
In what the old does pleasure find,
The new abominates.

3. In Adam's image we were born;
'Tis through our Nature spread,
By virtue of our unity
To him, our earthly head.
But this shall be destroyed; alas:
Christ's Image we will bear;
Our heav'nly head, his glory bright
We perfectly shall wear.

4. When we shall see Christ as he is,
We shall be like him made,
In soul and body like to his,
Who is our glorious head.
The nearness of our union there
To Christ this does secure;
And all the bliss laid up for us,
Which ever shall endure.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #221

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Author: Anne Dutton

Dutton, Anne, born cir. 1698, died 1765, was a native of Northampton, and at the age of 22 became wife of Benj. Dutton, Baptist minister of Great Gransden, Hunts. In 1743 her husband, on returning from a visit to America, was wrecked and lost near to the English coast. From that time to her death she devoted her time and much of her income to the service of religion. 13 volumes of her letters were published, some being translated into the Dutch language. She was the author of several theological treatises, and in 1734 published a poem entitled, A narrative of the wonders of Grace, in six parts, to which was added A Poem on the special work of the Spirit in the hearts of the Elect, also Sixty-one hymns on several Subjects. These poems and hy… Go to person page >

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First Line:	The saints, at times, do look within
Title:	Sin and Grace
Author:	Anne Dutton (1734)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Source:	A Narration of the Wonders of Grace in Verse, 1734
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Romans 7:23
(hymns)

Year A, Ordinary Time, Proper 9 (14)

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SHEPHERDS' PIPES

Annabeth McClelland Gay (b. Ottawa, IL, 1925) composed SHEPHERDS' PIPES in 1952, and her husband matched it with a hymn text to send as Christmas greetings. She wrote, "When I played it for him, he said, 'I wonder if Palestinian shepherds played on pipes, because that's what this tune reminds me of.…

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