JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, Once an infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa, Was. by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST, Preserved, restored, pardoned, And appointed to preach the faith He had long laboured to destroy, Near sixteen... London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions - Σελίδα 506των Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | George Godwin, John Britton - 1839
...church. On the upper part of the stone is the following inscription, which was written by himself. " John Newton, clerk, once" an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." It seems that the early part of Newton's life was spent at 1 The gallery at the west end contains an... | |
 | 1849
...which he desired might be put upon a plain marble tablet, near the vestry door of his church : — " John Newton, Clerk, Once an Infidel and Libertine,...preach the faith He had long laboured to destroy, Near sixteen years at Olney, in Bucks, And . . .years in this church." We could add much more, which would... | |
 | J. S. A. - 1849 - 191 σελίδες
...he directed to be written after his death upon a marble tablet near the vestry door of his church. JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, ONCE AN INFIDEL AND LIBERTINE,...PREACH THE FAITH HE HAD LONG LABOURED TO DESTROY. P This was a humble and grateful acknowledgment of the mercy of his Heavenly Father, who had done such... | |
 | lady Charlotte Murdoch Wake - 1850
...by himself, in the Epitaph he wrote for his own tomb — John Newton, Clerk, once an Infidel and a Libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by...preach the Faith he had long laboured to destroy, &c. changed by the power of God from a hardened and wilful sinner into the devoted servant of his will,... | |
 | Charles Hargreaves - 1850
...of St. Mary's, "Woolwich, London, testifies, — he was "once an infidel and libertine," although, "by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had once laboured to destroy." In his childhood he had been otherwise taught : but having been, while a... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851
...Tablet to the Rev. John Newton (Cowper's friend), rector of this church for 28 years (d. 1807). It is thus inscribed : — " John Newton, clerk, once...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." ST. MARTIN-iN-THE-FIELDS, (now in Trafalgar-square) was built by Gibbs, 1721-26, at a cost of 36,89H... | |
 | 1851
...tablet has been erected to his memory, bearing the following inscription, written by himself : — John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy. ST. STEPHEN'S, VValbrook. This small, but beautiful church, was erected by Sir Christopher Wren ; the... | |
 | William Gadsby, John Gadsby - 1851
...put up, on a plain marble tablet, near the vestry-door, to the following purport: JOHN NEWTON, CLEBK, Once an infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves...preach the faith He had long laboured to destroy, Near sixteen years at Olney, in Bucks, And . . years in this church." NOBMAN. — In Eippon's Baptist Register... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851
...Tablet to the Rev. John Newton (Cowper's friend), rector of this church for 28 years (d. 1807). It is thus inscribed : — " John Newton, clerk, once...the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, E reserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach ithe faith he had ing laboured to destroy."... | |
 | London - 1851 - 192 σελίδες
...eventful life and of his character, so illustrative of Divine grace, in words written by himself : " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich mere)' of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach... | |
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