 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
 | JAMES S. OGILVY - 1910
...turned into an electric railway station. A tablet to his memory records that "John Newton, clerk, and once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had so long laboured to destroy." Newton had been a slave dealer and trader, and his friendship with Cowper... | |
 | Charles Sumner Nutter, Wilbur Fisk Tillett - 1911 - 604 σελίδες
...he requested might be put upon a plain marble tablet near the vestry door of his church in London : JOHN NEWTON. Clerk, Once an Infidel and Libertine,...Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, Preserved, restored, and pardoned. And appointed to preach the Faith He had long labored to destroy, Near 16 years at OIney... | |
 | Kenneth W. Osbeck - 1982 - 288 σελίδες
...infidel and Libertine, a servant of slavers in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the Faith he had long labored to destroy. " This fitting testimonial, written by Newton himself prior to his death, describes... | |
 | Kenneth W. Osbeck - 1985 - 327 σελίδες
...a refuge. Psalm 48:1, 2, 3 John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slavers in Africa, was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy. This fitting testimonial, written by Newton himself prior to his death, describes... | |
 | Donald E. Demaray - 1988 - 388 σελίδες
...himself, inscribed on a plain marble tablet. This epitaph is really a summary of his amazing life: JOHN NEWTON Clerk, Once an Infidel and Libertine,...Preach the Faith He had Long Laboured to Destroy. He Ministered Near XVI . Years as Curate and Vicar of Olney in Bucks. And XXVIII. as Rector of These... | |
 | John Wittich - 1988 - 137 σελίδες
...Newton, on the north wall reads: "Once the servant of slaves, an infidel and libertine, was, by the mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, preserved,...pardoned and appointed to preach the faith he had laboured long to destroy". Best known today as one of the most prolific hymn-writers of the 18th century.... | |
 | Hugh T. Kerr - 1991 - 75 σελίδες
...years before Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Newton prepared his own epitaph: John Newton, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy. We do not need to know this story in order to participate in singing "Amazing Grace" and in hearing... | |
 | Kenneth W. Osbeck - 1992 - 176 σελίδες
...infidel and libertine, a servant of slavers in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy." Reader 1: Until the time of his death at the age of 82, John Newton never ceased... | |
 | LindaJo H. McKim - 1993 - 427 σελίδες
...Cowper (see hymn 270) were responsible for Olney Hymns (1779). Newton wrote his own epitaph which reads: JOHN NEWTON CLERK ONCE AN INFIDEL AND LIBERTINE A...AFRICA WAS BY THE RICH MERCY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JF.SUS CHRIST PRESERVED, RESTORED, PARDONED, AND APPOINTED TO PREACH THE FAITH HE HAD LONG LABORED... | |
 | LindaJo H. McKim - 1993 - 427 σελίδες
...(1779). Newton wrote his own epitaph which reads: JOHN NEWTON CLERK ONCE AN INFIDEL AND LIBP.RTINE A SERVANT OF SLAVES IN AFRICA WAS BY THE RICH MERCY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST PRF.SERVED, RESTORED, PARDONED, AND APPOINTED TO PREACH THE FAITH HE HAD LONG LABORED TO DESTROY The... | |
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