<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421660" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Woman Of Canaan</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Prayer an answer will obtain,<br>Though the Lord awhile delay;<br>None shall seek his face in vain,<br>None be empty sent away. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the woman came from Tyre,<br>And for help to Jesus sought;<br>Though he granted her desire,<br>Yet at first he answered not. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Could she guess at his intent,<br>When he to his follow'rs said,<br>I to Israel's sheep am sent,<br>Dogs must not have children's bread. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was not of Israel's seed,<br>But of Canaan's wretched race;<br>Thought herself a dog indeed;<br>Was not this a hopeless case? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet although from Canaan sprung,<br>Though a dog herself she styled;<br>She had Israel's faith and tongue,<br>And was owned for Abraham's child. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">From his words she draws a plea;<br>Though unworthy children's bread,<br>'Tis enough for one like me,<br>If with crumbs I may be fed. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jesus then his heart revealed,<br>Woman canst thou thus believe?<br>I to thy petition yield,<br>All that thou canst wish, receive. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Tis a pattern set for us,<br>How we ought to wait and pray;<br>None who plead and wrestle thus,<br>Shall be empty sent away.</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=421660" data-title="Woman Of Canaan de John Newton" data-description="Prayer an answer will obtain, Though the Lord awhile delay; None shall seek his face in vain, None be empty sent away. When the woman came from Tyre, And for help to Jesus sought; Though he granted her desire, Yet at first he answered not. Cou..."></div> </div> </div>

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