<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421537" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Gideon's Fleece</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The signs which God to Gideon gave,<br>His holy Sovereignty made known;<br>That He alone has pow'r to save,<br>And claims the glory as his own. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dew which first the fleece had filled,<br>When all the earth was dry around;<br>Was from it afterwards withheld,<br>And only fell upon the ground. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To Israel thus the heavenly dew<br>Of saving truth was long restrained;<br>Of which the Gentiles nothing knew,<br>But dry and desolate remained. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But now the Gentiles have received<br>The balmy dew of gospel peace<br>And Israel, who his spirit grieved,<br>Is left a dry and empty fleece. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">This dew still falls at his command,<br>To keep his chosen plants alive;<br>They shall, though in a thirsty land,<br>Like willows by the waters thrive. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But chiefly when his people meet,<br>To hear his word and seek his face;<br>The gentle dew, with influence sweet,<br>Descends and nourishes their grace. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But ah! what numbers still are dead,<br>Though under means of grace they lie!<br>The dew still falling round their head,<br>And yet their heart untouched and dry. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dear Saviour, hear us when we call,<br>To wrestling prayer an answer give;<br>Pour down thy dew upon us all,<br>That all may feel, and all may live.</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=421537" data-title="Gideon's Fleece de John Newton" data-description="The signs which God to Gideon gave, His holy Sovereignty made known; That He alone has pow'r to save, And claims the glory as his own. The dew which first the fleece had filled, When all the earth was dry around; Was from it afterwards withheld,..."></div> </div> </div>

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