Salvation Drawing Nearer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEDF GHGHIJKJ LMLMNONP QRQSTUTU| Darkness overspreads us here | A |
| But the night wears fast away | B |
| Jacob's star will soon appear | C |
| Leading on eternal day | B |
| Now 'tis time to rouse from sleep | D |
| Trim our lamps and stand prepared | E |
| For our Lord strict watch to keep | D |
| Lest he find us off our guard | F |
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| Let his people courage take | G |
| Bear with a submissive mind | H |
| All they suffer for his sake | G |
| Rich amends they soon will find | H |
| He will wipe away their tears | I |
| Near himself appoint their lot | J |
| All their sorrows pains and fears | K |
| Quickly then wilt be forgot | J |
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| Though already saved by grace | L |
| From the hour we first believed | M |
| Yet while sin and war have place | L |
| We have but a part received | M |
| Still we for salvation wait | N |
| Every hour it nearer comes | O |
| Death will break the prison gate | N |
| And admit us to our homes | P |
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| Sinners what can you expect | Q |
| You who now the Saviour dare | R |
| Break his laws his grace reject | Q |
| You must stand before his bar | S |
| Tremble lest he say Depart | T |
| Oh the horrors of that sound | U |
| Lord make every careless heart | T |
| Seek thee while thou may'st be found | U |
John Newton
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