Tag: John Newton: “Let floods of penitential grief burst forth from every eye.”

  • CHRIST RECEIVETH SINFUL MEN

    Amazing Grace Erdmann Neumeister, 1671–1756Translated by Emma F. Bevan, 1827–1909 This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. (Luke 15:2)Did Christ o’er sinners weep, and shall our cheeks be dry?Let floods of penitential grief burst forth from every eye.— John Newton The thrilling news of the gospel is that Jesus welcomes the nobodies of life…