John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing GraceContinuum, 2007 - 308 páginas John Newton is one of the most important and influential men of the 18th century. His famous conversion during a storm at sea lead to his new role as a social reformer and key figure in the abolition of slavery. In this book, Jonathan Aitken discovers the man, his motivation and beliefs. |
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... young prince of glory died . The reason why these words might have had a poignant meaning for six - year- old John Newton was that his young mother was surveying her own cross of mortal illness . By the spring of 1732 Elizabeth Newton ...
... young prince of glory died . The reason why these words might have had a poignant meaning for six - year- old John Newton was that his young mother was surveying her own cross of mortal illness . By the spring of 1732 Elizabeth Newton ...
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... young man . He is so bad a ' rebel without a cause ' that not even disgrace , arrest , a public flogging , and descent into the lower - deck squalor of a sailor's life in the eighteenth- century Royal Navy does anything to tame him ...
... young man . He is so bad a ' rebel without a cause ' that not even disgrace , arrest , a public flogging , and descent into the lower - deck squalor of a sailor's life in the eighteenth- century Royal Navy does anything to tame him ...
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... young people . Newton's rapport with young people was an important factor in his contin- uing influence . Through the Eclectic Society he kept in close touch with the growth of gospel preaching by younger ministers and was much ...
... young people . Newton's rapport with young people was an important factor in his contin- uing influence . Through the Eclectic Society he kept in close touch with the growth of gospel preaching by younger ministers and was much ...
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A Spiritual Upbringing | 1 |
First Steps in Love and Seafaring | 7 |
Pressganged | 13 |
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