I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make me gloomy, stupid, unsociable, and useless. β¨ John Newton (1782). An Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Life of ********.: Communicated in a Series of Letters, to the Reverend Mr. Haweis, ... and by Him (at the Request of Friends) Now Made Public, p.19
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- Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much. β¨ John Newton, William Cowper (1856). Olney Hymns: In Three Parts, p.48
- I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am
- This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus. β¨ John Newton (1808). The works of the rev. John Newto β¦ βΆ
- 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. β¨ Olney Hymns Amazing Grace (1779)
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