<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421543" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>In Evil Long I Took Delight</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">In evil long I took delight,<br>Unawed by shame or fear,<br>Till a new object struck my sight,<br>And stopped my wild career.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I saw One hanging on a tree,<br>In agony and blood,<br>Who fixed His languid eyes on me,<br>As near His cross I stood.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sure, never to my latest breath,<br>Can I forget that look;<br>It seemed to charge me with His death,<br>Though not a word He spoke.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My conscience felt and owned the guilt,<br>And plunged me in despair,<br>I saw my sins His blood had spilt,<br>And helped to nail Him there.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A second look He gave, which said,<br>“I freely all forgive;<br>This blood is for thy ransom paid;<br>I die that thou mayst live.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus, while His death my sin displays<br>In all its blackest hue,<br>Such is the mystery of grace,<br>It seals my pardon too.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With pleasing grief and mournful joy,<br>My spirit now is fill'd,<br>That I should such a life destroy,<br>Yet live by Him I kill'd.</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=421543" data-title="In Evil Long I Took Delight de John Newton" data-description="In evil long I took delight, Unawed by shame or fear, Till a new object struck my sight, And stopped my wild career. I saw One hanging on a tree, In agony and blood, Who fixed His languid eyes on me, As near His cross I stood. Sure, never to my ..."></div> </div> </div>

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