 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
 | Peter Cunningham - 1879
...faith he had >ng laboured to destroy." " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a sen-ant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, ST. DUNSTAN'S IN THE EAST. Between Thames Street and Tower Street; is remarkable for the beautiful... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880
...a vault in this church. On the stone is the following inscription, full of Christian humility : — "John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he hud long laboured to destroy." Newton's father was master of a merchant-ship^ and Newton's youth was... | |
 | Samuel Rowles Pattison - 1882 - 170 σελίδες
...Newton was rector for twenty-eight years. The memorial tablet in the church is inscribed as follows: "John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus RELIGIOUS TOPOGRAPHY. [St. Austin's Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach... | |
 | Samuel Rowles Pattison - 1882 - 170 σελίδες
...in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Memorial Hall] RELIGIOUS TOPOGRAPHY. Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street. — This hall was built to commemorate the Nonconformist confessors... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1883
...parish, where he died December 21, 1807. The tablet is inscribed with an epitaph from his own pen — 'John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus ' The origin of this name is unknown. Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach... | |
 | Edwin Francis Hatfield - 1884 - 719 σελίδες
...following inscription, composed by himself, and engraved on a marble tablet, perpetuates his memory : " John Newton, Clerk, once an Infidel and Libertine,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the Faith he had long labored to destroy." Newton was a sailor to the last, in his habits, his talk, and, to some extent,... | |
 | 1887
...friend, the Eev. John Newton (rector of this church for 28 years, who died 1807), as follows : — " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." LOMBARD STREET, extending from the Mansion House to Gracechuroh Street, has long been noted as the... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1890 - 224 σελίδες
...Olney Hymns," for twenty-eight years rector of this parish. The inscription is from his own pen — " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had laboured to destroy." hangman. " He began," says a contemporary authority, " with Mr. Burton's. There... | |
 | 1884
...the inscription upon which was composed by Newton previous to his death, and reads as follows : — " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...slaves in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith which he had long laboured... | |
 | Charles Seymour Robinson - 1893 - 581 σελίδες
...Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, Lombard Street, London, one may read this inscription : " John Newton, Clerk, once an Infidel and Libertine,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney in Bucks ; And — years in this church." This epitaph was... | |
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