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Gladness was spread through Israel’s host A famine of the word
John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 49.
WRITTEN BY
John Newton 1725–1807
PRINTED
1779 Olney Hymns · no. 49
METRE
Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 9 stanzas
WRITTEN ON
A subject no verse printed above it
The hymn, and the Scripture in it
All 9 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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The passage it draws on most
Its book prints no verse above this hymn. Of the verses its lines share most wording with, this is the one the whole hymn draws on, chosen by an AI model from those the word matching found. Not the author's own heading.
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. AMOS 8:11 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE OPEN IT BESIDE THE PAGE
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 49. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.
NO. 49 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Gladness was spread through Israel’s host
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