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
 | William Henry Parker - 1889 - 304 σελίδες
...Mary's church is a marble tablet with the following inscription : JOHN NEWTON, Clerk, Once an Infldel and Libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa, Was,...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,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1890 - 240 σελίδες
...years rector of this parish. The inscription is from his own pen — " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had laboured to destroy." hangman. " He began," says a contemporary authority, " with Mr. Burton's. There... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 648 σελίδες
...of this church for a period of twenty-eight years, is thus inscribed:— 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." He was buried... | |
 | 1884 - 898 σελίδες
...composed by Newton previous to his death, and reads as follows : — " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of 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 - 598 σελίδες
...Woolchurch Haw, Lombard Street, London, one may read this inscription : " John Newton, Clerk, once an Infidel and Libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa,...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 prepared by himself,... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1894 - 388 σελίδες
...said to have been a sacramental cup from St. Michael's Church. ' John Newton, clerk, once an infldel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy.' ' I remember, when a lad of about fifteen, being taken by my uncle to hear the... | |
 | A E. Daniell - 1895 - 444 σελίδες
...twenty-eight years. It bears the epitaph which he had written for 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." 1 The organ has been thoroughly renovated, and was reopened on Sunday, November... | |
 | Duncan Campbell - 1898 - 232 σελίδες
...1725-1807. — His epitaph, written by himself, contains these lines : — 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. His career, therefore, resembles that of Augustine in illustrating " grace abounding... | |
 | 1899 - 678 σελίδες
...the ex-slave-trader, is commemorated by a tablet, as having once been an infidel and libertine, who was " by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus...Christ preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed ti> preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." Hence London would have lost a sacred memento... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church, Charles Sumner Nutter - 1884 - 490 σελίδες
...serrant of slaves in Africa, Was, by the rich meroy of our Lord and Saviour Jxscs CHRIST, I'rescrvedj restored, pardoned, And appointed to preach the Faith He had long labored to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney in BucUx And ... years in this church. On Feb. 1, 1750, he married MART, Daughter... | |
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