Sunday, February 10, 2008

Hymn lyric from John Newton

Our pleasure and our duty,
Though opposite before,
Since we have seen His beauty
Are joined to part no more.

To see the law by Christ fulfilled
And hear His pard’ning voice,
Transforms a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.

-- from a hymn by John Newton (who also wrote the lyrics to “Amazing Grace”)

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