Memoirs of ... John NewtonJ. Hatchard, Piccadilly, 1808 - 322 pages |
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Page 196 - Jacob ; who vowed a vow, saying, ' If God will be with me, and will keep ' me in the way that I go, and will give me ' bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so ' that I come again to my father's house ' in peace, then shall the Lord
Page 313 - his prophet could see but one.— Where some Jehu is sounding a trumpet before him, many are quietly passing to Heaven without any such clamour. As a great writer remarks, " Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate
Page 313 - do not imagine that those who make the noise, are ' the ' only inhabitants of the field." But I must remark, that nothing has been more profitable to myself in considering Mr. N.'s
Page 210 - 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,
Page 147 - this gloom I wear, this anxious mien. The dull effect of humour or of spleen ! Still, still I mourn with each returning day, Him—snatch'd by fate in early youth, away; And her—through tedious years of doubt and pain, Fix'd in her choice, and faithful—but in vain.
Page 208 - Come, and hear all ye that fear ' God, and I will declare what he hath
Page 187 - the solemnities of their impending trial, the character of their Judge, the methods of his procedure, and the awful sentence to which they are exposed, the ground-work of a musical entertainment. And, as if they were quite unconcerned in the event, their attention is chiefly fixed upon the skill of the composer, in adapting the
Page 179 - as I go home, a child has dropped a halfpenny, and if, by giving it another, I can wipe away its tears, I feel I have done something. I should be glad indeed to do greater things, but I will not neglect
Page 264 - collated every word in the Hebrew Scriptures seventeen times ; and it is very strange if the doctrine of atonement you hold, should not have been found by me."—I am not surprised at this: I once went to light my candle with the extinguisher on it: now, prejudices from education, learning, &c, often form an
Page 16 - occasioned much anger,) his life had been preserved : but, this also was soon forgotten. The perusal of the Family Instructor produced another temporary reformation. In short,, he took up and laid aside a religious profession three or four different times, -before he was sixteen years of age. " All this while/' says he,