John Newton

The signs which God to Gideon gave,
His holy Sovereignty made known;
That He alone has pow'r to save,
And claims the glory as his own

When Israel was from Egypt freed,
The Lord, who brought them out,
Helped them in every time of need,
But led them round about

Thus saith the Lord to Ephesus,
And thus he speaks to some of us;
Amidst my churches, lo,
I stand,

When Joshua, by God's command,
Invaded Canaan's guilty land;
Gibeon, unlike the nations round,
Submission made and mercy found

How lost was my
Till Jesus made me whole
There is but one
Can cure a sin-sick

Elijah's example declares,
Whatever distress may betide;
The saints may commit all their
To him who will surely provide:

See
the corn again in ear
How the fields and valleys smile
Harvest now is drawing

What a mournful life is mine,
Fill with crosses, pains and cares
Every work defiled with sin,
Every step beset with snares

Poor Esau repented too
That once he his birth-right despised;
And sold, for a morsel of meat,
What could not too highly be prized:

Physician of my sin-sick soul,
To thee I bring my case;
My raging malady control,
And heal me by thy grace

The Lord, our salvation and light,
The guide of our strength and our days,
Has brought us together to-night,
A new Ebenezer to raise:

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