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
storm doe sometimes
God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.
working-together together
All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.
jesus blood righteousness
This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.
sweet grace sound
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.
grace world want
I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am
life attitude past
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.
christian jesus sacrifice
The Law was given by Moses; the moral law, to discover the extent and abounding sin; the ceremonial law, to point out, by typical sacrifices and ablutions, the way in which forgiveness was to be sought and obtained. But grace, to relieve us from the condemnation of the one, and truth answerable to the types and shadows of the other, came by Jesus Christ.
disappointment world gods-will
There is many a thing which the world calls disappointment; but there is no such thing in the dictionary of faith. What to others are disappointments are to believers intimations of the will of God.
art kings grace
Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.
memories two fading
Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
people easy hard
When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.
beyond level proper view violence
The level of violence was unacceptable and beyond the proper view of punishment,
best christian ministry worst
The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions
good university
I think those of us who know the university feel pretty good about it. But I think that it's not known. This is not the flagship of the state.