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SHORT HYMNS: AFTER SERMON Hymn 100 Hebrews 13:20,24 Now may he who from the dead Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, Jesus Christ, our King and Head, All our souls in safety keep! May he teach us to fulfill What is pleasing in his sight; Perfect us in all his will, And preserve us day and night! To that dear Redeemer's praise, Who the covenant sealed with blood, Let our hearts and voices raise Loud thanksgivings to our God. Hebrews 13:20,24 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.		Short Hymns Thursday 28 January 1779: ‘I finished transcribing the Hymns, only that I have a few short ones to make, suited to the introduction and conclusion of divine worship.’ The last hymn dated in Newton’s diary, No. 334, was written for 1 January 1779, which may also have been the date for No. 335. But judging from their sequence in his ms notebook, some may have been written prior to that, possibly from around November 1778. With no certainty of dates, some perhaps pertinent quotes: This hymn appears immediately after Hymn No. 328 in Newton’s ms notebook. Tuesday 24 November 1778 Yesterday employed on the Hymns. Warned others of the roaring, devouring lion, but am too little disposed to watchfulness myself. [1 Peter 5:8-10 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.] See also sermon on Hebrews 13:20.21

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Hymn: MS Eng 1317, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Diary: John Newton Collection, CO199, Princeton University