John Newton
John Newton
John Newtonwas an English sailor, in the Royal Navy for a period, and later a captain of slave ships. He became ordained as an evangelical Anglican cleric, served Olney, Buckinghamshire for two decades, and also wrote hymns, known for "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth24 July 1725
CountryUnited States of America
scripture trouble failing
Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide.
prayer eye grace
If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer - His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.
jesus giving advice
The best advice I can give you: Look unto Jesus, beholding his beauty in the written word.
land dying lasts
I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words)
God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually.
school humility christ
I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master.
angel would-be comfort
A minister full of comforts & free from failings as an angel, though he would be happy, wouldn't be a good or useful preacher
horse men thinking
As to myself, if I were not a Calvinist, I think I should have no more hope of success in preaching to men, than to horses or cows.
mistake glory advantage
We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.
infinite labor our-time
Our work is great; our time is short; the consequences of our labors are infinite.
years yesterday giving
I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of sticks, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for us each day; but we choose to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday's stick over again today, and adding tomorrow's burden to our load, before we are required to bear it.
heart views giving
God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts.
feet justice may
May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.
heart dust hands
Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow-sinners, knowing that if there is a difference — it is grace alone which has made it! He knows that he has the seeds of every evil in his own heart. And under all trials and afflictions — he will look to the hand of the Lord, and lay his mouth in the dust, acknowledging that he suffers much less than his iniquities have deserved.