Analysis of The Lord's Call To His Children

John Newton 1725 (Wapping, London) – 1807 (London)



Let us adore the grace that seeks
To draw our hearts above!
Attend, 'tis God the Saviour speaks,
And every word is love.

Though filled with awe, before his throne
Each angel veils his face;
He claims a people for his own
Amongst our sinful race.

Careless, awhile, they live in sin,
Enslaved to Satan's pow'r;
But they obey the call divine,
In his appointed hour.

Come forth, he says, no more pursue
The paths that lead to death;
Look up, a bleeding Saviour view,
Look, and be saved by faith.

My sons and daughters you shall be
Through the atoning blood;
And you shall claim, and find, in me,
A Father, and a God.

Lord, speak these words to every heart,
By thine all-powerful voice;
That we may now from sin depart,
And make thy love our choice.

If now, we learn to seek thy face
By Christ, the living way;
We'll praise thee for this hour of grace,
Through an eternal day.


Scheme ABAB CDCD XXXX EXEX FXFX GHGH DIDI
Poetic Form Quatrain  (57%)
Metre 11010111 1110101 0111011 0100111 11110111 110111 11010111 0110101 10011101 011111 11010101 0101010 11111101 011111 1101011 101111 11010111 1011 01110101 010001 111111001 1111001 11111101 0111101 11111111 110101 111111011 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 858
Words 166
Sentences 9
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Newton

Rev Dr John A Newton CBE is a prominent Methodist minister, author, historian and former President of the Methodist Conference. more…

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