Religion

More with Us Than with Them

by John Newton 1725–1807

From Olney Hymns, Book I (1779)

Religion

Alas! Elisha's servant cried,
When he the Syrian army spied,
But he was soon released from care,
In answer to the prophet's prayer.

Straitway he saw, with other eyes,
A greater army from the skies;
A fiery guard around the hill,
Thus are the saints preserved still.

When Satan and his host appear,
Like him of old, I faint and fear;
Like him, by faith, with joy I see,
A greater host engaged for me.

The saints espouse my cause by prayer,
The angels make my soul their care;
Mine is the promise sealed with blood,
And Jesus lives to make it good.

MLA

Newton, John. “More with Us Than with Them.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/newton_j/34/.

Chicago

Newton, John. “More with Us Than with Them.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/newton_j/34/.

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