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
 | Kenneth W. Osbeck - 116 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...preach the Faith he had long labored to destroy." Until the time of his death at the age of eighty-two, John Newton never ceased to marvel at the grace... | |
 | T. Richard Snyder - 2001 - 176 σελίδες
...for his own funeral captures the drama of the transformation in his life. 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.' Written in the late 1700's, "Amazing Grace" was perhaps his most moving testimony... | |
 | Douglas Bond - 1999 - 260 σελίδες
...marble gravestone in the back corner of the churchyard. Drew read aloud: "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 labored... | |
 | Craig Steven Wilder - 2002 - 356 σελίδες
...in fact, both were the subjects of the epitaph that he wrote for himself: JOHN NEWTON, Clerk Once an Infidel and Libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa,...preach the Faith, (He had long labored to destroy,) Near sixteen years at Olney, in Bucks, And . . . years in this church. The Reverend Thomas Clarkson... | |
 | William E. Phipps - 2001 - 306 σελίδες
...any epitaph tablet were erected, the permitted text should be only this: JOHN NEWTON, CLERK ONCE AN INFIDEL AND LIBERTINE, A SERVANT OF SLAVES IN AFRICA,...TO PREACH THE FAITH HE HAD LONG LABORED TO DESTROY. This inscription in marble can still be seen by the St. Mary Woolnoth pulpit. Newton's reference to... | |
 | Lindsay Terry - 180 σελίδες
...inscribed on a simple slab of marble and mounted near his burial place. 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 labored... | |
 | Henry Gariepy - 2004 - 404 σελίδες
...of its greatest songs, "Amazing Grace." His self-written epitaph reads: 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 labored... | |
 | George W. Stroup - 2004 - 226 σελίδες
..."Amazing Grace," Newton also wrote the epitaph engraved on his tombstone. 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 Labored... | |
 | 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...preach the Faith he had long labored to destroy." And then he wrote this hymn: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once... | |
 | 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... | |
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