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Not to Sinai’s dreadful blaze

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 94, under Hebrews 12:18, 22.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 94

METRE

8.7.8.7 3 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Hebrews 12:18, 22 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 3 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

4 echoes in 12 lines.

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STANZA I

Not to Sinai’s dreadful blaze

Not to Sinai’s dreadful blaze,

But to Zion’s throne of grace,

By a way marked out with blood,

Sinners now approach to God.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Hebrews 12:18, 22. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; 22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels HEBREWS 12:18, 22 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ HEBREWS 12

Not to Sinai’s dreadful blaze, But to Zion’s throne of grace, By a way marked out with blood, Sinners now approach to God. STANZA I

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

NO. 94 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN Not to Sinai’s dreadful blaze

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