Letters of John Newton: With a Biographical Introduction by Andrew Bonar cover_type:Hardcover and God the Holy Spirit

and God the Holy Spirit have in their lives

counselors

They toughen our faith in the face of the world’s ugly realities

He advises them on worship

Here you will find honesty and compassion

Letters of John Newton: With a Biographical Introduction by Andrew Bonar cover_type:Hardcover and God the Holy SpiritJohn Newton converted slave trader, preacher, and hymn writer, was one of the most colourful figures in the Evangelical Awakening of the eighteenth century. Once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, he wrote for this epitaph, by rich mercy of Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long laboured to destroy. It was through his prolific correspondence that Newton fulfilled his distinctive