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John Newton - Salvation Drawing Nearer

2014-11-10 6 Dailymotion

Darkness overspreads us here, <br />But the night wears fast away; <br />Jacob's star will soon appear, <br />Leading on eternal day! <br />Now 'tis time to rouse from sleep, <br />Trim our lamps and stand prepared; <br />For our Lord strict watch to keep, <br />Lest he find us off our guard. <br /> <br />Let his people courage take, <br />Bear with a submissive mind <br />All they suffer for his sake, <br />Rich amends they soon will find: <br />He will wipe away their tears, <br />Near himself appoint their lot; <br />All their sorrows, pains and fears, <br />Quickly then wilt be forgot. <br /> <br />Though already saved, by grace, <br />From the hour we first believed; <br />Yet while sin and war have place, <br />We have but a part received: <br />Still we for salvation wait, <br />Every hour it nearer comes! <br />Death will break the prison gate, <br />And admit us to our homes. <br /> <br />Sinners, what can you expect? <br />You who now the Saviour dare; <br />Break his laws, his grace reject, <br />You must stand before his bar! <br />Tremble, lest he say, Depart! <br />Oh the horrors of that sound! <br />Lord, make every careless heart, <br />Seek thee while thou may'st be found.<br /><br />John Newton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/salvation-drawing-nearer/

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