(by John Newton–can be sung to the tune of Amazing Grace)<\/p>\n
In evil long I took delight,
\nUnaw\u2019d by shame or fear;
\nTill a new object struck my flight,
\nAnd stopp\u2019d my wild career.<\/p>\n
I saw one hanging on a tree,
\nIn agonies and blood;
\nWho fix\u2019d His languid eyes on me,
\nAs near his cross I stood.<\/p>\n
Sure, never till my latest breath,
\nCan I forget that look;
\nIt seem\u2019d to charge me with His death,
\nTho\u2019 not a word He spoke.<\/p>\n
My conscience felt, and ow\u2019d the guilt,
\nAnd plunged me in despair;
\nI saw my sins His blood had spilt,
\nAnd help\u2019d to nail Him there.<\/p>\n
Alas! I knew not what I did,
\nBut now my tears are vain;
\nWhere shall my trembling soul be hid?
\nFor I the Lord have slain.<\/p>\n
A second look He gave, which said,
\n\u201cI freely all forgive;
\nThis blood is thy ransome paid,
\nI die, that thou mays\u2019t live.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thus while His death my sin displays,
\nIn all its blackest hue;
\n(Such is the mystery of the grave),
\nIt seals my pardon too.<\/p>\n
With pleasing grief and mournful joy,
\nMy spirit now is fill\u2019d
\nThat I should such a life destroy,
\nYet live by Him I kill\u2019d. ~~~<\/p>\n
John Newton, 1779 (Number 57 in the Olney hymnal)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(by John Newton–can be sung to the tune of Amazing Grace) In evil long I took delight, Unaw\u2019d by shame or fear; Till a new object struck my flight, And stopp\u2019d my wild career. I saw one hanging on a tree, In agonies and blood; Who fix\u2019d His languid eyes on me, As near his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":143,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/388"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truthreallymatters.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}