Scripture Verse

Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20

Introduction

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John Newton (1725–1807)

Words: John New­ton, 1779, cen­to, from What Con­tra­dic­tions Meet, alt.

Music: Dar­wall’s 148th John Dar­wall, in The New Uni­vers­al Psal­mo­dist, by Aar­on Will­iams, 1770 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Dar­wall (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

On what has now been sown
Thy bless­ing, Lord, be­stow;
The pow­er is Thine alone
To make it spring and grow.
Do Thou in grace the har­vest raise,
And Thou alone shalt have the praise.

To Thee our wants are known,
From Thee are all our pow­ers;
Accept what is Thine own
And par­don what is ours.
Our prais­es, Lord, and pray­ers re­ceive
And to Thy Word a bless­ing give.

Oh, grant that each of us
Now met be­fore Thee here
May meet to­ge­ther thus
When Thou and Thine ap­pear
And fol­low Thee to Heav’n, our home.
E’en so, Amen, Lord Je­sus, come!