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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #174d
Display Title: I saw One hanging on a tree First Line: I saw One hanging on a tree Date: 1859
The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #174d
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I saw one hanging on a tree, In agony and blood
Author: John NewtonPublished in 224 hymnals
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Author: John Newton
John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumultuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >Arrangements
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The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d445
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1858
The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d445
The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d122
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1860
The Sabbath School Hymn Book #d122
The Sabbath School Singing Book #d31
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1844
The Sabbath School Singing Book #d31
The Saint's Harp #260
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a tree Date: 1843
The Saint's Harp #260
The Singing Pilgrim #d77
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1866
The Singing Pilgrim #d77
The Social and Sabbath School Hymn-Book. (5th ed.) #68
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a tree Date: 1854
The Social and Sabbath School Hymn-Book. (5th ed.) #68
The South Western Psalmist #d179
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1852
The South Western Psalmist #d179
The Tabernacle Chorus #d81
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1874
The Tabernacle Chorus #d81
The Tabernacle Chorus (Trinity ed.) #86
Display Title: I saw One hanging on a tree First Line: I saw One hanging on a tree Date: 1877
The Tabernacle Chorus (Trinity ed.) #86
The Union Singing Book #d52
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1842
The Union Singing Book #d52
The Union Singing Book #116
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a tree Date: 1847
The Union Singing Book #116
The Voice of Praise #381
Display Title: I saw One hanging on a tree First Line: I saw One hanging on a tree Author: Newton Meter: C. M. Date: 1873 Subject: The Christian System | Atonement; View of Calvary |
The Voice of Praise #381
The Young People's Church of the Air Hymn Book #d48
Display Title: He's looking on you First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: James M. Gray; John Newton Date: 1932
The Young People's Church of the Air Hymn Book #d48
Treasured Hymns of the Radio Devotional League #d47
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1934
Treasured Hymns of the Radio Devotional League #d47
Triumphant Songs No.1 #66
Display Title: O, Can it Be? First Line: I saw one hanging on a tree Tune Title: [I saw one hanging on a tree] Author: John Newton Date: 1887
Triumphant Songs No.1 #66
Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #75
Display Title: O, Can it Be? First Line: I saw one hanging on a tree Tune Title: [I saw one hanging on a tree] Author: John Newton Date: 1890
Triumphant Songs Nos. 1 and 2 Combined #75
Union Hymns. Rev. #d168
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1835
Union Hymns. Rev. #d168
Union Hymns. Rev. #d174
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1845
Union Hymns. Rev. #d174
Wonderful Jesus and Other Songs #93
Display Title: He Died For Me First Line: I saw one hanging on a tree Tune Title: [I saw one hanging on a tree] Author: John Newton Date: 1927
Wonderful Jesus and Other Songs #93
World Revival Hymns #d87
Display Title: He died for me First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1918
World Revival Hymns #d87
World-Wide Revival Hymns #27
Display Title: What Wondrous Love First Line: I saw One hanging on a tree Tune Title: [I saw One hanging on a tree] Author: John Newton Date: 1914
World-Wide Revival Hymns #27
Worship in Song #d100
Display Title: He died for me First Line: I saw one hanging on a [the] tree Author: John Newton Date: 1918
Worship in Song #d100
Worship in the School Room #43
Display Title: I saw one hanging on a tree First Line: I saw one hanging on a tree Tune Title: NAOMI Author: Newton Date: 1865
Worship in the School Room #43
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