# Death — Olney Hymns character guide

> Death in Olney Hymns by John Newton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-olney-hymns

## Who they are

Personified as an enemy that is conquered by Christ's resurrection.

## In the story

### [The Worldling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/102-the-worldling)

The strong hand that tears the sinner away from his earthly possessions.

### [Salvation Drawing Nearer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/127-salvation-drawing-nearer)

Depicted as the prison gate that will be broken to admit believers to their heavenly homes.

### [I: Seasons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/i-seasons)

Personified as the reaper who cuts down the grass and the mower who takes lives; a reminder of mortality and the need for preparation.

### [New Year's Hymns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/new-year-s-hymns)

Personified as an unsparing force that cuts down many, emphasizing the uncertainty of life.

### [Uncertainty of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/3-uncertainty-of-life)

Personified as a stroke that may come to anyone.

### [Death and War. 1778](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/5-death-and-war-1778)

Death is personified as an unsparing reaper who mows down the gay and blithe without warning.

### [Earthly Prospects Deceitful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/6-earthly-prospects-deceitful)

Death is depicted as a strong hand that can cut life short at noon, ending all earthly schemes.

### [Hay-Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/35-hay-time)

Personified as the mower who cuts down thousands, symbolizing the inevitability of physical death.

### [Harvest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/36-harvest)

Personified as the reaper who finds the crop fully ripe at last.

### [The Tolling Bell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/74-the-tolling-bell)

Personified as the 'jaws of death' and the event that leads to the unknown world and judgment.

### [Hope Beyond the Grave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/75-hope-beyond-the-grave)

Personified as having lost its sting through Christ's victory.

### [On Dreaming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/98-on-dreaming)

Referred to as the 'awful call' that wakes mortals from the dream of life.

### [Alarm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/2-alarm)

Personified as pale-faced death who will quickly come to drag sinners to his bar.

### [Prepare to Meet God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/4-prepare-to-meet-god)

Death is described as the 'iron gate' through which souls must pass, and believers are encouraged to prepare for it.

### [Hatred of Sin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/64-hatred-of-sin)

Death is seen as the means to set the believer free from sin.

## Links

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