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British sailor, slaver, Anglican cleric and prominent slavery abolitionist. John Newton ( / ˈnjuːtən /; 4 August [ O.S. 24 July] 1725 – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade.
May 10, 2024 · John Newton (born July 24, 1725, London, England—died December 21, 1807, London) was an English slave trader who became an Anglican minister, a hymn writer, and later a noted abolitionist, best known for his hymn “Amazing Grace.”. His transformation from a faithless seaman to a man of deep faith is echoed in his work.
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May 15, 2020 · Learn about the life and faith of John Newton, who wrote \"Amazing Grace\" after a dramatic conversion from a sinful and rebellious lifestyle to a Christian ministry. Discover his early struggles, his marriage, his abolitionist work, and his legacy.
Aug 18, 2023 · Learn how John Newton, a former slave trader and profane sailor, experienced God's amazing grace and wrote the famous hymn \"Amazing Grace\". Discover his ministry, his marriage, his influence on abolition, and his legacy.
A fair beginning. Newton was born in London, an only child, in 1725. His mother, a pious Dissenter, taught him to read Scripture and memorize Reformed catechisms and hymns.
Amazing hymnal. After leaving the sea for an office job in 1755, Newton held Bible studies in his Liverpool home. Influenced by both the Wesleys and George Whitefield, he adopted mild Calvinist...
John Newton, 1778 According to the Dictionary of American Hymnology, "Amazing Grace" is John Newton's spiritual autobiography in verse. In 1725, Newton was born in Wapping, a district in London near the Thames. His father was a shipping merchant who was brought up as a Catholic but had Protestant sympathies, and his mother was a devout Independent, unaffiliated with the Anglican Church. She ...