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Once perishing in blood I lay Humbled and silenced by mercy

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book I, no. 70.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 70

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

A subject no verse printed above it

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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

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STANZA I

Once perishing in blood I lay

Once perishing in blood I lay,

Creatures no help could give,

But Jesus passed me in the way,

He saw, and bid me live.

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

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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.

Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD. EZEKIEL 16:8 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE OPEN IT BESIDE THE PAGE

Its place in the book

Book I of Olney Hymns walks through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, one hymn per passage: 141 hymns. This is number 70. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 70 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Once perishing in blood I lay

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