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The saints EMMANUEL’S portion are

John Newton printed it in 1779 in Olney Hymns, Book III, no. 99, under Deuteronomy 32:9–10.

WRITTEN BY

John Newton 1725–1807

PRINTED

1779 Olney Hymns · no. 99

METRE

Long Metre 8.8.8.8 · 2 stanzas

WRITTEN ON

Deuteronomy 32:9–10 the verse printed above it

The hymn, and the Scripture in it

All 2 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

1 echoes in 8 lines.

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

The saints EMMANUEL’S portion are

The saints EMMANUEL’S portion are,

Redeemed by price, reclaimed by pow’r;

His special choice, and tender care,

Owns them and guards them every hour.

Where Newton found it

Newton printed the hymn under Deuteronomy 32:9–10. The line that comes closest to it is marked.

9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance. 10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. DEUTERONOMY 32:9–10 · BEREAN STANDARD BIBLE READ DEUTERONOMY 32

The saints EMMANUEL’S portion are, Redeemed by price, reclaimed by pow’r; His special choice, and tender care, Owns them and guards them every hour. 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 99. Point at a tick to see the hymn; click it to open that hymn.

NO. 99 · JOHN NEWTON · THIS HYMN The saints EMMANUEL’S portion are

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