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
| John Timbs - 1855 - 818 pages
...and rector of this church for twenty-eight years : it bears this inscription, written by himself : "John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...mercy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, preserved, т> -tared, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faiih he had long laboured to " The origin of Woolnoth... | |
| John Timbs - 1855 - 1026 pages
...and rector of this church for twenty-eight years : it bears this inscription, written by himself : "John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...Africa, was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Saviour .Ii -us Christ, preserved, mtored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faitb he had long laboured... | |
| Peter Cunningham - 1856 - 382 pages
...and has been much admired. The exterior is bold, and at least original ; the interior effective aud well-proportioned. Observe. — Tablet to the Rev....preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." ST. MARTIN-1N-THE-FIELDS, (now in Trafalgar-square) was built by Gibbs, 1721-26, at a cost of 36,89K 10s.... | |
| Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 pages
...church has been erected to his memory, bearing the following inscription, written by himself: — " John NEWTON, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." Dr. JOHN RAINOLDS, the divine, died A D. 1607, aged 58, and was interred with great solemnity in the... | |
| 1857 - 540 pages
...Africa ; but by the rich merey of our Lord and Saviour Jesua Christ, preserved, restored, purdoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." In the " Authentic Narrative of his Life," first published in February 1761, he says " his first thought... | |
| Church Missionary Society - 1859 - 100 pages
...the walls of St. Mary's Woolnoth Church, of which he was so many years the Rector — " John Newton, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy." He was one of the founders of the Society, and witnessed, before his death in 1807, the commencement... | |
| Daniel Clarke Eddy - 1859 - 510 pages
...former rector. A tablet, bearing an inscription written by himself, reads as follows : " John Newton — once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves...Africa — was, by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, ^pardoned, and appointed to preach thfe faith he once labored... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1860 - 702 pages
...this purport" shoulil 1 attempted for him : — JOHN NEWTON, Clerk, Once an Infidel and а ЫдаА A Servant of Slaves in Africa, Was, by the rich mercy of our M and Saviour Jesus Christ, Preserved, restored, pardoned, a' appointed to preach the ИЛ He had long... | |
| Edward Stanford Ltd - 1860 - 280 pages
...of this church for 28 years. His epitaph runs thus : — " John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and a libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was, by the rich mercy of onr Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith... | |
| 1861 - 930 pages
...eventful life and of his character, so illustrative of Divine grace, in words written by himself: ' John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine,...preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy.' "Rowland Hill, originally a clergyman of the Establishment, and never fullv sympathising with any Dissenting... | |
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