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Wearied by day with toils and cares On the fire at Olney. September 22, 1777

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 69.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 69

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

The hymn

The words as Newton printed them, 32 lines.

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.

But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. PSALM 66:19 · 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 69. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 69 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Wearied by day with toils and cares

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