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My barns are full, my stores increase The worldling

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book I, no. 102, under Luke 12:16–21.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 102

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Luke 12:16–21 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 7 stanzas as Newton printed them, with the verses their lines echo beside them. Point at a line to join it to its verse; click to read the passage.

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Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Luke 12:16–21. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

16Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. 17So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. 19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ 20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ 21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.” LUKE 12:16–21 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ LUKE 12

“This night, vain fool, thy soul must pass Into a world unknown; And who shall then the stores possess Which thou hast called thine own.” STANZA III

Its place in the book

Book I of Olney Hymns walks through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one hymn per passage: 141 hymns. This is number 102. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 102 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN My barns are full, my stores increase

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