I copied this hymn into my journal last fall and read it often after really bad days at school. It just makes me breathe easier. I hadn't heard it again until last night when we sang it at church...really, really like it. Just wanted to share it. Happy Monday.
No Sweeter Subject
John Newton (italics mine)
Now may the Lord reveal his face,
And teach our stammering tongues
To make his sovereign, reigning grace
The subject of our songs.
No sweeter subject can invite
A sinner's heart to sing,
Or more display the glorious right
Of our exalted King.
Grace reigns to pardon crimson sins,
To melt the hardest hearts;
And from the work it once begins
It never once departs.
The world and Satan strive in vain
Against the chosen few;
Secured by grace's conquering reign,
They all shall conquer too.
'Twas grace that called our souls at first;
By grace thus far we've come;
And grace will help us through the worst,
And lead us safely home.
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