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A Shelter from the rain or wind For a garden-seat, or summer-house

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book II, no. 96, under Isaiah 32:2.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 96

METRE

Common Metre 8.6.8.6 · 8 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Isaiah 32:2 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

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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a line echoes this verse its heading or an echo comes from here

STANZA I

A Shelter from the rain or wind

A Shelter from the rain or wind,

A shade from scorching heats

A resting place you here may find,

To ease your weary feet.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Isaiah 32:2. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. ISAIAH 32:2 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ ISAIAH 32

A Shelter from the rain or wind, A shade from scorching heats A resting place you here may find, To ease your weary feet. STANZA I

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

NO. 96 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN A Shelter from the rain or wind

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