The Woman of Samaria John Newton.
The Woman of Samaria
John 4:28.
1 Jesus, to what didst thou submit
To save thy dear-bought flock from hell!
Like a poor trav’ller, see him sit,
Athirst and weary by the well.
2 The woman who for water came,
(What great events on small depend,)
Then learnt the glory of his name,
The well of life, the sinner’s friend!
3 Taught from her birth to hate the Jews,
And fill’d with party pride, at first
Her zeal indue’d her to refuse
Water, to quench the Saviour’s thirst.
4 But soon she knew the gift of God;
And Jesus, whom she scorn’d before,
Unask’d, that drink on her bestow’d
Which whoso tastes shall thirst no more.
5 His words her prejudice remov’d,
Her sin she felt, relief she found;
She saw and heard; believ’d and lov’d,
And ran to tell her neighbors round.
6 O come, this wondrous man behold!
The promis’d Savior! this is he,
Whom ancient prophecies foretold,
Born, from our guilt to set us free.
7 Like her, in ignorance content,
I worshipp’d long I knew not what;
Like her, on other things intent,
I found him when I sought him not.
8 He told me all that e’er I did,
And told me all was pardon’d too;
And now, like her, as he has bid,
I live to point him out to you.