# “O how are we surrounded with mercies” by John Newton

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- Published: 2026-06-06T09:30:00-05:00
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“O how are we surrounded with mercies– awake, asleep, at home, abroad and yet alas
what faint returns of love and praise.”

–John Newton, [_**Wise Counsel: John Newton’s Letters to John Ryland Jr., 2nd Edition,**_](https://amzn.to/3NS22o2)
Ed. Grant Gordon (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 2009/2026), 59.

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