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Father Forgive Them

Father, forgive (the Saviour said)They know not what they do:

His heart was moved when thus he

For me, my friends, and you.

He saw, that as the Jews

And crucified his flesh;

So he, by us, would be refused,

And crucified afresh.

Through love of sin, we long were

To act as Satan bid;

But now, with grief and shame we own,

We knew not what we did.

We knew not the desert of sin,

Nor whom we thus defied;

Nor where our guilty souls had been,

If Jesus had not died.

We knew not what a law we broke,

How holy, just and pure!

Nor what a God we durst provoke,

But thought ourselves secure.

But Jesus all our guilt foresaw,

And shed his precious

To satisfy the holy law,

And make our peace with God. My sin, dear Saviour, made thee bleed,

Yet didst thou pray for me!

I knew not what I did, indeed,

When ignorant of thee.

Olney Hymn

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John Newton (4 August [O.S. 24 July] 1725 – 21 December 1807) was an English Anglican clergyman and abolitionist, also having been Captain of sl…

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