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There is nothing but God’s grace.
We walk upon it; we breathe it; we live and die by it; it makes the nails and axles of the universe.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Calling himself a “wretch” who was lost and blind, John Newton recalled leaving school at the age of 11 to begin life as a rough, debauched seaman.
Eventually he engaged in the despicable practice of capturing natives from West Africa to be sold as slaves to markets around the world.
But one day the grace of God put fear into the heart of this wicked slave trader through a fierce storm.
Greatly alarmed and fearful of a shipwreck, Newton began to read The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis.
God used this book to lead him to a genuine conversion and a dramatic change in his way of life.
Feeling a definite call to study for the ministry, Newton was encouraged and greatly influenced by John and Charles Wesley and George Whitefield.
At the age of 39, John Newton became an ordained minister of the Anglican church at the little village of Olney, near Cambridge, England.
To add further impact to his powerful preaching, Newton introduced simple heart-felt hymns rather than the usual psalms in his services.
When enough hymns could not be found, Newton began to write his own, often assisted by his close friend William Cowper.
In 1779 their combined efforts produced the famous Olney Hymns hymnal.
“Amazing Grace” was from that collection.
Until the time of his death at the age of 82, John Newton never ceased to marvel at the grace of God that transformed him so completely.
Shortly before his death he is quoted as proclaiming with a loud voice during a message, “My memory is nearly gone, but I remember two things: That I am a great sinner and that Christ is a great Savior!”
What amazing grace!
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