 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 508των Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Lindsay Terry - 180 σελίδες
...according to his instructions, inscribed on a simple slab of marble and mounted near his burial place. John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...slaves 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... | |
 | Steve Turner - 2009 - 308 σελίδες
...ser\ant of slaves in -\frica. was. by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour JESL'S CHRIST. preser\"ed restored pardoned and appointed to preach the faith. he had long laboured to destroy. He ministered near 16 years as curate and \icar. Of Olney in Bucks and 28 years as rector of these... | |
 | Henry Gariepy - 2004 - 404 σελίδες
...he gave to Christendom one of its greatest songs, "Amazing Grace." His self-written epitaph reads: John Newton, clerk, Once an infidel and libertine,...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... | |
 | George W. Stroup - 2004 - 226 σελίδες
...parish priest. In addition to "Amazing Grace," Newton also wrote the epitaph engraved on his tombstone. John Newton Clerk Once an Infidel and Libertine A...Slaves 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... | |
 | Mary Baker McQuesten - 2004 - 361 σελίδες
...of St. Mary Woolnoth Church, of which he was for many years Rector: "John Newton once an infidel & libertine. A servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the Rich mercy of our Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ [?] restored, pardoned & appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured... | |
 | Carol Jenkins - 2004 - 278 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." And then he wrote this hymn: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a... | |
 | Leslie B. Flynn - 2005 - 228 σελίδες
...— A Prayer of King Henry VI •3^> Amazing Grace <Jl/are/i 3O John Newton composed his own epitaph: "John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." In the midst of a violent storm in 1748 the Lord touched Newton's heart. When he applied for ordination... | |
 | Daniel Eddy - 2005 - 509 σελίδες
...former rector. A tablet, bearing an inscription written by himself, reads as follows: "John Newton — once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves...Africa — was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus .Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he once labored... | |
 | Robert Brown - 2005 - 401 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 so long labored to destroy." These words were written by Newton himself, a testimony to God's transforming... | |
 | William Petersen, Ardythe Petersen - 2015 - 697 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 so long labored to destroy." Those words were written by John Newton himself, and they are a testimony... | |
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