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Destruction’s dangerous road Are there few that shall he saved?

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 77, under 1 Peter 3:20.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 77

METRE

Short Metre 6.6.8.6 · 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

1 Peter 3:20 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 7 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

Destruction’s dangerous road

What multitudes pursue!

While that which leads the soul to God,

Is known or sought by few.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under 1 Peter 3:20. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. 1 PETER 3:20 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ 1 PETER 3

But numbers are no mark That men will right be found A few were saved in Noah’s ark, For many millions drowned. STANZA V

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

NO. 77 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Destruction’s dangerous road

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