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Old 08-03-2009, 06:52 PM   #16
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I wonder if the same anonymous author added both verses ("ten thousand charms" to "Come Ye Sinners" and "ten thousand years" to "Amazing Grace") to their respective hymns. Neither is original to the hymn, and neither is attributable. The hymns were written (and probably amended) around the same time-frame, too.
Wow, that's amazing. I know all five verses of the hymn from memory, but have never in my life heard the anonymous refrain. Very interesting!

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Or it could just be poetry? (not "putting Jesus in my pocket," but "ten thousand charms")
It could be poetry, but that still doesn't make it good theology.
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It could be poetry, but that still doesn't make it good theology.
Or theology at all, for that matter.

The non-poetic translation of the chorus might be something like:

"I will go to Jesus. Jesus will comfort me. In Jesus' presence, there is an abundance of joy."

I'm not sure where the "bad theology" would even be in the refrain.

Is it the idea of Jesus' "embracing"?

Or is it the "ten thousand charms"?
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