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As when the weary travell’r gains Home in view

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 58, under Acts 20:24.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 58

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Acts 20:24 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 6 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

AMONG THE SCRIPTURES

The stanzas at the centre; around them, every book its heading and its echoes come from, Old Testament on the left and New on the right. Choose a stanza or a book.

a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

As when the weary travell’r gains

The height of some o’er–looking hill;

His heart revives, if cross the plains

He eyes his home, though distant still.

No line of this stanza quotes a verse closely; it is the hymn's own confession.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Acts 20:24. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. ACTS 20:24 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ACTS 20

While he surveys the much–loved spot, He slights the space that lies between; His past fatigues are now forgot, Because his journey’s end is seen. STANZA II

Its place in the book

Book III of the hymn book, “On the progress and changes of the spiritual life”, holds these hymns in this order: 106 hymns. This is number 58. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 58 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN As when the weary travell’r gains

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