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
prayer affliction ease
By affliction prayer is quickened, for our prayers are very apt to grow languid and formal in a time of ease.
imagination venture enthusiasm
If we venture beyond the pale of Scripture, we are...exposed to all the illusions of imagination and enthusiasm.
christian trials painful
Faith upholds a Christian under all trials, by assuring him that every painful dispensation is under the direction of his Lord.
taken heaven earth
Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.
heart ungrateful my-heart
How many times has He delivered me! Yet, alas! How distrustful and ungrateful is my heart even until the present!
humble mind doctrine
To embrace what are called the Calvinistic doctrines was an infallible token of a humble mind.
savior sinner
I am a great Sinner and God is a great Savior
study please ifs
If you once love Him, you will study to please Him.
christian mother prayer
"What Thou wilt, when Thou wilt, how Thou wilt." I had rather speak these three sentences from my heart in my mother tongue than be master of all the languages in Europe.
taken believe grace
Not only the guilt, but the love of sin, and its dominion, are taken away, subdued by grace, and cordially renounced by the believing pardoned sinner.
two lessons taught
When I was young, I was sure of many things; now there are only two things of which I am sure: one is, that I am a miserable sinner; and the other, that Christ is an all-sufficient Saviour. He is well-taught who learns these two lessons.
bible christian spiritual
I know not a better rule of reading the Scripture, than to read it through from beginning to end and when we have finished it once, to begin it again. We shall meet with many passages which we can make little improvement of, but not so many in the second reading as in the first, and fewer in the third than in the second: provided we pray to him who has the keys to open our understandings, and to anoint our eyes with His spiritual ointment.
make-or-break break bowlers
A bowler can make or break a chap.
christian eye light
There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes.