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
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1901 - 412 σελίδες
...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,...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... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1902 - 412 σελίδες
...himself, describes him as having been "once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, but by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." Newton had been brought up to a seafaring life, and in early youth had been engaged... | |
 | Henry Frederick Cope - 1906 - 224 σελίδες
...N the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth, London, there is this inscription: "John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of 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... | |
 | will budd bodine - 1907 - 666 σελίδες
...placed upon a mural tablet in the church to which he ministered in London : 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 sixteen years at Olney in Bucks, And twenty-eight years in this church. (43) St. Augustine was... | |
 | Louis Charles Elson - 1910 - 338 σελίδες
...NEWTON, 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... | |
 | JAMES S. OGILVY - 1910 - 550 σελίδες
...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 in Africa,...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 - 630 σελίδες
...upon a plain marble tablet near the vestry door of his church in London : JOHN NEWTON. Clerk, Once an Infidel and Libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa,...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... | |
 | Margaret Emma Tabor - 1924 - 180 σελίδες
...rector here for twentyeight years, and died in 1807. THE EPITAPH. — " John Newton, Clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa,...pardoned and appointed to preach the faith he had laboured long to destroy." St. Mary, Woolchurch, which stood where the Mansion House now is, was not... | |
 | Tom Fleming Kinloch - 1928 - 120 σελίδες
...advent hymn "Lo! He conies with clouds descending" 1 (160). (b) ANGLICAN. "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." This epitaph written by his own hand reveals at once the main events in Newton's... | |
 | Florence St. Aubyn-Brisbane - 1929 - 452 σελίδες
...inscription to the rector is as follows : JOHN NEWTON CLERK, ONCE AN INFIDEL AND LIBERTINE, A SERVANT OP SLAVES IN AFRICA, WAS BY THE RICH MERCY OF OUR LORD...PARDONED, AND APPOINTED TO PREACH THE FAITH HE HAD LONG LABOURED TO DESTROY. Near-by is another tablet to the memory of William Kentish, and a notice to the... | |
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