 JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, Once an infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves in Africa, Was by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST, Preserved, restored, pardoned, And appointed to preach the faith he Had long laboured to destroy, Near 16 years...  Modern London; or, London as it is [by P. Cunningham]. [10 eds. Title varies]. - Page 125by Peter Cunningham - 1851Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 462 pages
...inscribed on a plain marble tablet, near the vestry door, in the church of St. Mary Woolnoth, London. JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, ONCE AN INFIDEL AND LIBERTINE, A SERVANT OF SLAVES IN AFRICA, WAS, BY THE RICE MERCY OF OUK LOUD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, PRESERVED, RESTORED, PARDONED, AND APPOINTED TO PREACH... | |
 | George Godwin - 1839 - 774 pages
...church. On the upper part of the stone is the following inscription, which was written by himself. " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." It seems that the early part of Newton's life was spent at 1 The gallery at the west end contains an... | |
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 640 pages
...church of St. Mary Woolnoth, London, testifies, — he was "once an infidel and libertine," although, " by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had once laboured to destroy." In his childhood he had been otherwise taught: but having been, while a... | |
 | George Godwin, John Britton - 1839 - 380 pages
...church. On the upper part of the stone is the following inscription, which was written by himself. " John Newton, clerk, once" an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." It seems that the early part of Newton's life was spent at 1 The gallery at the west end contains an... | |
 | John Newton - 1839 - 496 pages
...if it may be put up, on a plain marble tablet, near the vestry door, to the following purport : — JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, Once an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he Had long laboured to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney in Bucks ; And — years in this church. On Feb. I, 1750, he married . MARY,... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...on a plain marble tablet near the vestry door, to the following purport :— " JOHN NEWTON, CLERR, Once an infidel and libertine, A servant of slaves...preach the faith He had long laboured to destroy, Near 16 years at Olney in Bucks ; And — years in this church. On Feb. 1, 1750, he married MARY, Daughter... | |
 | J. S. A. - 1849 - 274 pages
...he directed to be written after his death upon a marble tablet near the vestry door of his church. JOHN NEWTON, CLERK, ONCE AN INFIDEL AND LIBERTINE,...PREACH THE FAITH HE HAD LONG LABOURED TO DESTROY. P This was a humble and grateful acknowledgment of the mercy of his Heavenly Father, who had done such... | |
 | 1849 - 612 pages
...which he desired might be put upon a plain marble tablet, near the vestry door of his church : — " John Newton, Clerk, Once an Infidel and Libertine,...preach the faith He had long laboured to destroy, Near sixteen years at Olney, in Bucks, And . . .years in this church." We could add much more, which... | |
 | lady Charlotte Murdoch Wake - 1850 - 330 pages
...by himself, in the Epitaph he wrote for his own tomb — John Newton, Clerk, once an Infidel and a Libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by...preach the Faith he had long laboured to destroy, &c. changed by the power of God from a hardened and wilful sinner into the devoted servant of his will,... | |
 | Charles Hargreaves - 1850 - 242 pages
...of St. Mary's, "Woolwich, London, testifies, — he was "once an infidel and libertine," although, "by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,...pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had once laboured to destroy." In his childhood he had been otherwise taught : but having been, while a... | |
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