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Although on massy pillars built On the earthquake. September 8, 1775

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 68, under Revelation 6:16.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 68

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Revelation 6:16 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 8 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

Although on massy pillars built

Although on massy pillars built,

The earth has lately shook;

It trembled under Britain’s guilt,

Before its Maker’s look.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Revelation 6:16. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. REVELATION 6:16 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ REVELATION 6

Repent before the Judge draws nigh; Or else when he comes down, Thou wilt in vain for earthquakes cry, To hide thee from his frown. STANZA V

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

NO. 68 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Although on massy pillars built

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