Explore "Proverbs 8: 34-–-35" by John Newton on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
I: Ensnared too long my heart has been / In folly's hurtful ways; / O may I now at length begin / To hear what Wisdom says!
II: 'Tis Jesus, from the mercy-seat, / Invites me to his rest; / He calls poor sinners to his feet, / To make them truly blest.
III: Approach, my soul, to Wisdom's gates / While it is call'd to-day; / No one who watches there and waits / Shall e'er be turn'd away.
IV: He will not let me seek in vain, / For all who trust his word / Shall everlasting life obtain, / And favour from the Lord.
V: Lord! I have hated thee too long, / And dared thee to thy face; / I've done my soul exceeding wrong / In slighting all thy grace.
VI: Now I would break my league with death, / And live to thee alone; / Oh! let thy Spirit's seal of faith / Secure me for thine own.
VII: Let all the saints assembled here, / Yea, let all heaven rejoice, / That I begin with this new year / To make the Lord my choice.