<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421536" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Gibeon</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When Joshua, by God's command,<br>Invaded Canaan's guilty land;<br>Gibeon, unlike the nations round,<br>Submission made and mercy found. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their stubborn neighbors who enraged,<br>United war against them waged,<br>By Joshua soon were overthrown,<br>For Gibeon's cause was now his own. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He, from whose arm they ruin feared,<br>Their leader and ally appeared<br>An emblem of the Saviour's grace,<br>To those who humbly seek his face. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The men of Gibeon wore disguise,<br>And gained their peace by framing lies;<br>For Joshua had no pow'r to spare,<br>If he had known from whence they were. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Jesus invitations sends,<br>Treating with rebels as his friends;<br>And holds the promise forth in view,<br>To all who for his mercy sue. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Too long his goodness I disdained,<br>Yet went at last and peace obtained;<br>But soon the noise of war I heard,<br>And former friends in arms appeared. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Weak in myself for help I cried,<br>Lord, I am pressed on every side;<br>The cause is thine, they fight with me,<br>But every blow is aimed at thee. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With speed to my relief he came,<br>And put my enemies to shame;<br>Thus saved by grace I live to sing,<br>The love and triumphs of my King.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Newton">John Newton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421536" data-title="Gibeon de John Newton" data-description="When Joshua, by God's command, Invaded Canaan's guilty land; Gibeon, unlike the nations round, Submission made and mercy found. Their stubborn neighbors who enraged, United war against them waged, By Joshua soon were overthrown, For Gibeon's cau..."></div> </div> </div>

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