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 16 years... The Footpath and Highway: Or, Wanderings of an American in Great Britain, in ... - Σελίδα 109των Benjamin Moran - 1853 - 391 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Peter Cunningham - 1879 - 442 σελίδες
...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 - 604 σελίδες
...the stone is the following inscription, full of Christian humility : — "John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa,...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 - 200 σελίδες
...twenty-eight years. The memorial tablet in the church is inscribed as follows: "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 RELIGIOUS TOPOGRAPHY. [St. Austin's Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach... | |
 | Samuel Rowles Pattison - 1882 - 200 σελίδες
...in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Memorial Hall] RELIGIOUS TOPOGRAPHY. Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street. — This hall was built to commemorate the... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1883 - 578 σελίδες
...21, 1807. The tablet is inscribed with an epitaph from his own pen — '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 ' The origin of this name is unknown. Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach... | |
 | Edwin Francis Hatfield - 1884 - 744 σελίδες
...by himself, and engraved on a marble tablet, perpetuates his memory : " John Newton, Clerk, once an Infidel and Libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa,...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, his apparel. His language... | |
 | Samuel Willoughby Duffield - 1886 - 706 σελίδες
...written by himself, deserves to stand as the peroration of this account : JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, Once an Infidel and Libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa,...pardoned. And appointed to preach the Faith He had long laboured to destroy. Near 16 years at Olney in Bucks ; And . . . years in this church. "And I earnestly... | |
 | 1887 - 374 σελίδες
...(rector of this church for 28 years, who died 1807), as follows : — " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." LOMBARD STREET, extending from the Mansion House to Gracechuroh Street, has long... | |
 | William Henry Parker - 1889 - 276 σελίδες
...In St. Mary's church is a marble tablet with the following inscription : JOHN NEWTON, Clerk, Once an Infidel and Libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa,...pardoned, And appointed to preach the Faith He had long laboured to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney, in Bucks, And 28 years in this church. CHAPTER XVII. LOVE,... | |
 | Robert Ethol Welsh, Frederick George Edwards - 1889 - 372 σελίδες
...he died at the age of eighty-two. His epitaph was written by himself: " JOHN NEWTON, Clerk, Once an infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa,...pardoned, And appointed to preach the Faith He had long laboured to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney, in Bucks ; And years in this church." He was certainly... | |
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