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
struggle animal men
So long as men are compassionate to such a degree that they cannot hear a fly struggling in a spider's web without emotion it can never be reasonably maintained that it is their natural impulse to wound and kill the dumb animals, or to butcher one another in what is called the field of honour.
men lambs worship
Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain.
dark men expeditions
Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.
spiritual men grace
By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes His glory to pass before the soul that seeks Him you may acquire more true spiritual knowledge and comfort than a day's or a week's converse with the best of men, or the most.
humble men silence
What will it profit a man if he gains his cause and silences his adversary if at the same time he loses that humble, tender frame of spirit in which the Lord delights, and to which the promise of his presence is made?
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.
bottle carry category corner fellow hurrying land places rainy round shop social umbrella
To carry an umbrella without any headgear places a fellow in a social no man's land-in the category of one hurrying round to the corner shop for a bottle of stout on a rainy day at the behest of a nagging landlady.
future
It's the only way to go now. It's the future of software. It's inevitable.
ashamed believe cannot christian deficient poor sadly sin theory though
Alas! though I know in theory what a Christian should be--I am still sadly deficient in practice! I am a poor creature, and see much to be ashamed of every day, and in every circumstance. Yet, though sin will distress--it cannot condemn, those who believe in Jesus!
forming name
I think a lot of it is a forming of attitudes. I think, primarily, they know our name but they don't know much about us.
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.
accomplish clock commercial cycles direction evolution frustrated goes industry sales software speed taking
He was frustrated with the direction commercial software was taking and what you could accomplish with the high-ticket sales model, The evolution cycles go so much faster, and the clock speed of the industry goes much, much faster.
campus michigan mood next
There was a mood on campus that this was going to be the next Michigan State.
grace hope ought
I am not what I ought to be; I am not what I would like to be; I am not what I hope to be. But I am not what I once was, and by the grace of God, I am what I am.