Kindly Spring Again Is Here

 

 

"As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, 
and like the spring showers that water the earth."
(Hosea 6:3)

 

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Kindly spring again is here,

Trees and fields in bloom appear;

hark! the birds with artless lays

Warble their Creator's praise. 

Where is winter all was snow,

Now the flowers in clusters grow;

And the corn, in green array,

Promises a harvest-day. 

 

Lord, afford a spring to me,

Let me feel like what I see;

Speak, and by Thy gracious voice,

Make my drooping soul rejoice. 

 

On Thy garden deign to smile,

Raise the plants, enrich the soil,

Soon Thy presence will restore

Life to what seemed dead before. 

 

 

"Kindly Spring Again Is Here"
(1779)
John Newton
(1725-1807) 
English evangelical Anglican clergyman and slavery abolitionist.
While serving in the British Navy, he was once captured
and held for several years in West Africa.

"By the grace of God I am what I am."
(1 Corinthians 15:10)

John Newton's Grave Memorial Epitaph

"John Newton, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was,
by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored,
 pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy."