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Does it not grief, and wonder move ELIJAH’s prayer

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 14, under 1 Kings 18.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 14

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

1 Kings 18 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.

SHARED WORDSthe verse shares the line's wording ECHOproposed by an AI model, confirmed by a separate check Not the author's own notes

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under 1 Kings 18. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

1After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.” 2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria, 3and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD, 4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.) … 42 more verses 1 KINGS 18 · ITS FIRST VERSES · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 1 KINGS 18

He spake, and lo! a sudden flame Consumed the wood, the dust, the stone; The people struck, at once proclaim “The LORD is GOD, the LORD alone.” STANZA IV

Its place in the book

Book II of the hymn book, “On occasional subjects”, holds these hymns in this order: 100 hymns. This is number 14. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 14 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Does it not grief, and wonder move

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