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Amazing Grace: John Newton (1725–1807). Once a slave trafficker, John Newton felt called to the ministry and wrote the most enduring hymn of all time—"Amazing Grace." He kept a copious diary of his spiritual progress.
Irreverent, foul-mouthed John Newton began his life at sea as a deserting sailor, then became a slave, and finally a slave trader. He shamelessly transported kidnapped Africans across the Atlantic in the bowels of his ship. But after a dramatic conversion, John begins to comprehend the great evil of slavery.
John Newton to John Thornton, a Governor of the Bank of England I observed the Eclipse of the Moon on Tuesday night, till it was wholly covered by the shade, and endeavoured to draw some meditations from it, which gave rise to a hymn that was the subject of my discourse last night at the Great House - our Saviour’s passion, the motions of the heavenly bodies being a pledge of His ...
Jul 25, 2018 · John Newton was born on July 24, 1725, in London. His father, also named John, was a ship’s captain, and his mother’s name was Elizabeth. Sadly, she died when he was only seven years old. At that point, the young John Newton seems to have gone adrift. His father would remarry, but it doesn’t seem that Newton connected with either his ...
John Newton was born in London, July 24, 1725. His mother died in 1832 and with her perished all instruction in Christian truth. His formal education began at a boarding school when he was eight and ended when he was ten years old.
John Newton. (1725–1807). As a young man, English clergyman and writer John Newton worked as a sailor in the slave trade. His transformation from a faithless seaman to a deeply religious man is echoed in his famous hymn “Amazing Grace.”. In his later years, he was active in the antislavery movement. John Newton was born in London on July ...
ジョン・ニュートン. ジョン・ニュートン（John Newton、1725年 8月4日 - 1807年 12月21日）は、イギリスの海軍兵士から奴隷商人を経て牧師となった人物であり、賛美歌「アメイジング・グレイス」の作詞者として知られている。
