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Though small the drops of falling rain The flood

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 88, under Matthew 7:24, 6.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 88

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 7 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Matthew 7:24, 6 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

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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

Though small the drops of falling rain

Though small the drops of falling rain,

If one be singly viewed;

Collected, they o’erspread the plain,

And form a mighty flood.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Matthew 7:24, 6. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. MATTHEW 7:24, 6 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ MATTHEW 7

O! then on Jesus ground your hope, That stone in Zion laid; Lest your poor building quickly drop, With ruin, on your head. STANZA VII

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

NO. 88 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Though small the drops of falling rain

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