John newton

The Bible uses the same word ("wretch") that is prominently featured in "Amazing Grace." Nothing in the latter is fundamentally at odds with Catholicism.

A slave-trader turned preacher and abolitionist. Born Wapping. Began his ecclesiastical career at Olney in Buckinghamshire where he wrote the words to 'Amazing Grace' and published the hymn in a collection with William Cowper. Rector of St Mary Woolnoth 1780 – 1807, where he delivered an anti-slavery sermon that inspired William Wilberforce. Died at home, Coleman Street Buildings.

John Newton Reformed slave trader, minister, writer of hymns “My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: That I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior.” – J…

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In his darkest hour John Newton called out to Jesus to save him. Do you know his remarkable story of God’s amazing grace? Read it here, fresh from the pages of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine.

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Newton, John (1725-1807) Evangelical divine and hymn writer. Was 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.