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Let worldly minds the world pursue Old things are passed away

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 59, under Jeremiah 31:3.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 59

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 6 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Jeremiah 31:3 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

Let worldly minds the world pursue

Let worldly minds the world pursue,

It has no charms for me;

Once I admired its trifles too,

But grace has set me free.

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 Jeremiah 31:3.

The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. JEREMIAH 31:3 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ JEREMIAH 31

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 59. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 59 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Let worldly minds the world pursue

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