...Newton's, as great a favourite in Congregational circles as in those of Evangelical Churchmen : '• 'Tis a point I long to know Oft it causes anxious...— Do I love the Lord or no ? Am I His or am I not ? " A recent writer speaks of this as a loved lyric, and no doubt it was •extremely popular, and...

...manner while I was seeking the Saviour. A great many people make fun of that verse, — 1 Tis a point 1 long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I His, or am I not ? " If they ever find themselves where some ot us have been, they will not do so any more. I believe...

...their acceptance as "sons" into his family. Their doubts are expressed in the well-known hymn : — " 'Tis a point I long to know — Oft it causes anxious thought : l)o I love the Lord or no? Am I his or am I not ? " This uncertainty arises in part also from a misapprehension...

...conversion, and spend their days, for the most part, in "wanderings sad and lone;" Singing, " "Pis a point I long to know; , Oft it causes anxious thought: Do I love the Lord or no; Am I his, or am I not ? " Or, if they get a little refreshed at a protracted meeting, or on some other occasion, they will...

...agnosticism. It lacks the confident and jubilant tone that has made Methodism a world-wide movement : "'Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious...Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His, or am I not?" The sublime privilege of a regenerated soul and the clear note of its triumphant assurance is happily...

...encouraging to others. It is in striking contrast to such an utterance as that of John Newton's hymn — " 'Tis a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious...Do I love the Lord, or no ? Am I His, or am I not ? " It is more in harmony with Charles Wesley's ringing hymn — "My God, I am Thine, What a comfort...

...There is a hymn which seems to me to be very peculiar. Its first stanza reads : " 'Tis a point I lon£ to know, Oft it causes anxious thought : Do I love the Lord, or no? Am I his or am I not? " This would seem strange to any wife if her husband put her name in the place of the Lord's. It is...

...very familiar. I remember and think I can quote one verse of it as a specimen : — " 'Tis a thing I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought, Do I love the Lord or no, Am I saved or am I not? " Here was the one great anxiety of the Christian,— to be sure that his soul was...

...which he told them. Every man and woman was thus set on the torture of self-examination. "There is a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought,...Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His, or am I not?" Who can wonder if one or another of the [145] poor creatures came out in the belief that they were...

...which he told them. Every man and woman was thus set on the torture of self-examination. "There is a point I long to know, Oft it causes anxious thought,...Do I love the Lord or no? Am I His, or am I not?" Who can wonder if one or another of the "WE, THE PEOPLE" poor creatures came out in the belief that...