Scripture Verse

God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John 3:17–18

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Is­aac Watts, Hymns and Spi­ri­tu­al Songs, Book 1, 1707, num­ber 100. Be­lieve and be saved.

Music: War­ring­ton Ralph Har­ris­on, 1784 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Har­ris­on (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Not to con­demn the sons of men,
Did Christ the Son of God ap­pear;
No wea­pons in His hands are seen,
No flam­ing sword nor thun­der there.

Such was the pi­ty of our God,
He loved the race of man so well,
He sent His Son to bear our load
Of sins, and save our souls from hell.

Sinners, be­lieve the Sav­ior’s word,
Trust in His migh­ty name and live;
A thou­sand joys His lips af­ford,
His hands a thou­sand bless­ings give.

But ven­geance and dam­na­tion lies
On re­bels who re­fuse the grace;
Who God’s eter­nal Son des­pise,
The hot­test hell shall be their place.