Out of the DepthsFor John Newton, one of Christendom's greatest hymn writers and writer of "Amazing Grace," God's matchless grace was intensely personal. Saved from a life of slave trading, John Newton was fully aware of the "depths from which he was pulled." In this autobiography, revised and updated for today's readers by Dennis Hillman, Newton relates the events that led him from unimaginable sin and spiritual bondage to a life of ministry and renewal--transformed by God's amazing and inexhaustible grace. Discover the timeless story of John Newton's conversion and the true meaning of the familiar words, "Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see." |
Contents
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Voyage to Africa | 39 |
Trials in West Africa | 49 |
A New Master | 57 |
Religious Awakenings | 81 |
Adventures as a Slave Dealer | 89 |
Marriage and Command of a Ship | 97 |
Seafaring Life | 105 |
Leaving the Seafaring Life | 111 |
A Student of Scripture | 119 |
A Further Account of Newtons Life | 127 |
Some Remarks by Newton in Familiar Conversation | 151 |
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Page 131 - the precept and example of his Master. He continued to bless them that persecuted him, knowing that “the servant of the Lord must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient
Page 9 - Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess, within the vail, A life of joy and peace. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow; The sun forbear to shine; But GOD, who called me here below, Will be for ever mine.
Page 147 - I have been meditating on a subject, ‘Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what He hath done for my soul
Page 32 - me for His own as a brand plucked out of the fire and saying, “Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Page 15 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul
Page 9 - home. The Lord has promised good to me, His Word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be, As long as life endures. Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess, within the vail, A life of joy and peace. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow; The sun forbear to shine; But GOD, who
Page 135 - two heaps of human happiness and misery; now if I can take but the smallest bit from one heap and add to the other, I carry a point. If, as I go home, a child has dropped a penny and if, by giving it another, I can wipe away
Page 57 - in the grateful acknowledgment of Jacob, “With my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands
Page 25 - way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps