Author: John NEWTON (Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 144
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The Life of the Rev. John Newton ... “An Authentic Narrative,” Written by Himself, Etc
Author: John NEWTON (Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Pages : 144
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The Works of the Reverend John Newton ... With a Life of the Author by the Rev. Richard Cecil, Etc. [With Plates, Including a Portrait.].
Author: John NEWTON (Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 1198
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Languages : en
Pages : 1198
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General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1228
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The Works of the Rev. John Newton, Etc
Author: John NEWTON (Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...
Author: John Newton
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Letters on Religious Subjects, Etc
Author: John Newton (Rector of St. Mary, Woolnoth.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Library of Universal Knowledge
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 974
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 1150
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Pages : 1150
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Amazing Grace in John Newton
Author: William E. Phipps
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865548688
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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In "Amazing Grace," the best-loved of all hymns, John Newton's allusions to the drama of his life tell the story of a youth who was a virtual slave in Sierra Leone before ironically becoming a slave trader himself. Liverpool, his home port, was the center of the most colossal, lucrative, and inhumane slave trade the world has ever known. A gradual spiritual awakening transformed Newton into an ardent evangelist and antislavery activist.Influenced by Methodists George Whitefield and John Wesley, Newton became prominent among those favoring a Methodist-style revival in the Church of England. This movement stressed personal conversion, simple worship, emotional enthusiasm, and social justice. While pastor of a poor flock in Olney, he and poet William Cowper produced a hymnal containing such perennial favorites as "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "God Moves in a Mysterious Way." Later, while serving a church in London, Newton raised British consciousness on the immorality of the slave trade. The account he gave to Parliament of the atrocities he had witnessed helped William Wilberforce obtain legislation to abolish the slave trade in England.Newton's life story convinced many who are "found" after being "lost" to sing Gospel hymns as they lobbied for civil rights legislation. His close involvement with both capitalism and evangelicalism, the main economic and religious forces of his era, provide a fascinating case study of the relationship of Christians to their social environment. In an afterword on Newtonian Christianity, Phipps explains Newton's critique of Karl Marx's thesis that religious ideals are always the effect of what produces the most profit. Phipps relies on accountsNewton gives in his ship journal, diary, letters, and sermons for this most readable scholarly narrative.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865548688
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In "Amazing Grace," the best-loved of all hymns, John Newton's allusions to the drama of his life tell the story of a youth who was a virtual slave in Sierra Leone before ironically becoming a slave trader himself. Liverpool, his home port, was the center of the most colossal, lucrative, and inhumane slave trade the world has ever known. A gradual spiritual awakening transformed Newton into an ardent evangelist and antislavery activist.Influenced by Methodists George Whitefield and John Wesley, Newton became prominent among those favoring a Methodist-style revival in the Church of England. This movement stressed personal conversion, simple worship, emotional enthusiasm, and social justice. While pastor of a poor flock in Olney, he and poet William Cowper produced a hymnal containing such perennial favorites as "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "God Moves in a Mysterious Way." Later, while serving a church in London, Newton raised British consciousness on the immorality of the slave trade. The account he gave to Parliament of the atrocities he had witnessed helped William Wilberforce obtain legislation to abolish the slave trade in England.Newton's life story convinced many who are "found" after being "lost" to sing Gospel hymns as they lobbied for civil rights legislation. His close involvement with both capitalism and evangelicalism, the main economic and religious forces of his era, provide a fascinating case study of the relationship of Christians to their social environment. In an afterword on Newtonian Christianity, Phipps explains Newton's critique of Karl Marx's thesis that religious ideals are always the effect of what produces the most profit. Phipps relies on accountsNewton gives in his ship journal, diary, letters, and sermons for this most readable scholarly narrative.