# “Our pleasure and our duty” by John Newton

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“Our pleasure and our duty,
Though opposite before,Since we have seen His beauty,
Are join’d to part no more:

It is our highest pleasure,
No less than duty’s call,To love Him beyond measure,
And serve Him with our all.”

–John Newton, **[_The Works of John Newton_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848715110?tag=toletaupanre-20),
[_Volume 3_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848715110?tag=toletaupanre-20) **(Carlisle,
PA: Banner of Truth, 1988), 3: 572.

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