Prayer answered by Crosses

Representative Text

1 I asked the Lord that I might grow
in faith and love and every grace;
might more of His salvation know,
and seek more earnestly His face.

2 'Twas He who taught me thus to pray,
and He, I trust, has answered prayer,
but it has been in such a way
as almost drove me to despair.

3 I hoped that in some favored hour
at once He's answer my request,
and by His love's constraining pow'r
subdue my sins and give me rest.

4 Instead of this He made me feel
the hidden evils of my heart,
and let the angry pow'rs of hell
assault my soul in every part.

5 Yea more, with His own hand He seemed
inent to aggravate me woe,
crossed all the fair designs I schemed,
humbled my heart, and laid me low.

6 "Lord, why is this?" I trembling cried,
"Wilt Thou pursue Thy worm to death?"
"'Tis in this way," the Lord replied,
"I answer prayer for grace and faith.

7 "These inward trials I employ
from self and pride to set thee ree,
and break thy schemes of earthly joy
that thou may'st find Thy all in Me."

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #427

Author: John Newton

John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumul­tuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I asked the Lord that I might grow
Title: Prayer answered by Crosses
Author: John Newton
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

O WALY WALY

O WALY WALY is a traditional English melody associated with the song "O Waly, Waly, gin love be bony," the words of which date back at least to Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724-1732), and as the setting for a folk ballad about Jamie Douglas. It is also well known in the Appalachian region of the…

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ROCKINGHAM (Miller)

Edward Miller (b. Norwich, England, 1735; d. Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1807) adapted ROCKINGHAM from an earlier tune, TUNEBRIDGE, which had been published in Aaron Williams's A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature (c. 1780). ROCKINGHAM has long associations in Great Britain and North Amer…

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #649

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #380

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A New and Choice Selection of Hymns for Social Worship and Pravate Devotion #d44

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A New Selection of Hymns #79

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #303

A Select Collection of Songs Designed for the Use of the Pious of Every Denomination #d11

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A Selection of Favorite Conference Hymns with Historical Sketches of Church History #36

A Selection of Hymns #d134

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs from the Best Authors #d96

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCXVIII

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCXVIII

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A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #295

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #321

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A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors #109

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d173

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A Selection of Hymns #CCCXXI

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for ... Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d146

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d147

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A Selection of Psalms and Hymns #A12

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Baptist Hymn Book #a358

Chapel Hymns #d249

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Christian Melodies #294

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Christian Melodies #294

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Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #119

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Conference Hymns #158

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Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs #113

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Divine Hymns, or Spiritual Songs #CLXIX

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Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Rev. corr. and enl.) #147

Family Hymns #d117

General Collection of Hymns, Original and Selected, for Use of Christians #d140

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Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #416

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs (New ed.) #137

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed.) #S37

Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Selected and Original. 7th ed. #d197

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Hymns for Christian Melody #363

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Hymns for Schools and Families #144

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Hymns for Social Worship #103

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Hymns for Social Worship #309

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Hymns of the Church Militant #14

Hymns of Zion #d100

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Hymns, Original and Selected, for the Use of Christians. (5th ed. corr.) #143

Hymns, Original and Selected, for the use of Christians #d106

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d152

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #445

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Hymns, Selected and Original #445

Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d102

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Hymns #445

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Hymns #445

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Hymns #445

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Hymns #445

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New Select Hymns #137

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Plymouth Collection #a410

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Prison Hymn Book #d139

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Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #427

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H359

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Select Hymns, The Third Part of Christian Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aa56

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Songs of Pilgrimage #1147

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Songs of the Soul #531

Supplement to Watts #d200

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The Baptist Harp #178

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #410

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d255

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The Baptist Hymn Book #1007

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The Baptist Hymn Book #358

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