トマス・ア・ケンピスの著作を読む機会があり、彼の回心の種が播かれた。ある夜、彼は浸水する船の上で一晩中舵を握り、死に直面しなければならないことがあった。その時彼は23歳だった。それから6年間、彼は奴隷船の船長となり、信仰が成熟してきた。その後9年間は主としてリバプールに住み、ヘブル語とギリシャ語を学び、またWhitefieldやWesley、非国教会派と交流する。ついには按手を受け、1764年にバッキンガムシャー州オルニーの牧師補となる。彼の著作には次のようなものがある。 Omicron, 1762 A volume of sermons preached at Olney, 1767 Review of Ecclesiastical History, 1769 Olney Hymns, with William Cowper (London: W. Oliver, 1779) Cardiphonia, 1781
セント・メリー・ウールワスには、Newton自身が書いた墓碑銘が刻まれた大理石の銘板がある。
聖職者JOHN NEWTON かつては無神論者で放蕩者 アフリカの奴隷商人 我らの主であり救い主である イエス・キリストの豊かな憐みによって立ち直り、赦され、 自らがずっと破壊するために労していた福音を説教するために召され、 バックスのオルニーで16年近く、 この教会で28年仕えた。
作品を含む出版物: Findagrave, accessed 9 Jan 2018 Julian, p. 803-04, 1581 McCutchan, pp. 51-52 Robinson, p. 14 Wikipedia, accessed 5 Nov 2016
作詞作品: Afflictions Do Not Come Alone Afflictions, Though They Seem Severe Ah, What Can I Do? Alas! By Nature How Depraved Alas! Elisha's Servant Cried Although on Massy Pillars Built Amazing Grace Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat Lord, I Approach Thy Mercy Seat As Once for Jonah As Parched in the Barren Sands As Some Tall Rock Amidst the Waves As the Serpent Raised by Moses As the Sun's Enlivening Eye For a Season Called to Part As When the Weary Traveler Gains Be Still, My Heart! These Anxious Cares Before Elisha's Gate Begone Unbelief Behold the Throne of Grace Believer, Free from Care, A Beneath the Tyrant Satan's Yoke Beside the Gospel Pool Bitter, Indeed, the Waters Are Bleak Winter Is Subdued at Length Bless, O Lord, the Opening Year Blinded in Youth by Satan's Arts Book of Nature Open Lies, The But One Loaf By Faith in Christ I Walk with God By the Poor Widow's Oil and Meal By Various Maxims, Forms and Rules Castle of the Human Heart, The Cheer Up, My Soul, There Is a Mercy-Seat Chief Shepherd of Thy Chosen Sheep Come, My Soul, Thy Suit Prepare Confirm the Hope Thy Word Allows Constrained by Their Lord to Embark Courage, My Soul! Behold the Prize Church a Garden Is, The Darkness Overspreads Us Here Day of Judgment! Day of Wonders! Destruction's Dangerous Road Does It Not Grief, and Wonder Move Does the Gospel Word Proclaim Elijah's Example Declares Elisha, Struck with Grief and Awe Encouraged by Thy Word Ensnared, Too Long, My Heart Has Been Evils That Beset Our Path, The Father, Forgive, the Savior Said Father of Angels and of Men Father We Adore, The Fervent, Persevering Prayers Fix My Heart and Eyes on Thine! For Mercies, Countless as the Sands Forest Beasts, That Live by Prey From Egypt Lately Freed From Pole to Pole Let Others Roam From Sheba a Distant Report Garden Contemplation Suits, A Gathering Clouds, with Aspect Dark, The Gladness Was Spread Through Israel's Host Glance from Heav'n, with Sweet Effect, A Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Glory to God, the Father's Name God Who Once to Israel Spoke, The God, with One Piercing Glance, Looks Through Grass and Flowers Which Clothe the Field, The Happy Are They, to Whom the Lord Happy the Birth Where Grace Presides Hark! How Time's Wide Sounding Bell He Who on Earth as Man Was Known Hear What the Lord, the Great Amen Here at Bethesda's Pool Honey Though the Bee Prepares How Blest the Righteous Are How David, When by Sin Deceived How Hurtful Was the Choice of Lot How Kind the Good Samaritan How Lost Was My Condition How Soon the Savior's Gracious Call How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Tedious and Tasteless How Welcome to the Saints, When Pressed Hungry, and Faint, and Poor I Am, Saith Christ I Asked the Lord That I Might Grow I Thirst, but Not as Once I Did I Would, but Cannot Sing Ice and Snow We Lately Saw, The If for a Time the Air Be Calm If Paul in Caesar's Court Must Stand If Solomon for Wisdom Prayed And Dost Thou Say If the Lord Our Leader Be If to Jesus for Relief In Evil Long I Took Delight I Saw One Hanging on a Tree In Mercy, Not in Wrath, Rebuke In Themselves, as Weak as Worms In Vain My Fancy Strives to Paint Incarnate God! The Soul That Knows Jesus Christ, the Lord's Anointed Jesus Is Mine! I'm Now Prepared Jesus, to What Didst Thou Submit Jesus, Who Bought Us with His Blood John in Vision Saw the Day Joy Is a Fruit That Will Not Grow Kindle, Savior, in My Heart Kindred in Christ, for His Dear Sake Kine Unguided Went, The Legion Dispossessed, The Let Hearts and Tongues Unite Let Me Dwell on Golgotha Let Us Adore the Grace That Seeks Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder Let Worldly Minds the World Pursue Lion, Though by Nature Wild, A Lion That on Sampson Roared, The Lodestone, The Lord, Our Salvation and Light, The Lord, Thou Hast Won Lord, What Is Man! Extremes How Wide Manna Favored Israel's Meat, The Manna to Israel Well Supplied Martha Her Love and Joy Expressed Mary to Her Savior's Tomb May the Grace of Christ Our Savior Mercy, Oh Thou Son of David! Message First to Smyrna Sent, The Moon Has but a Borrowed Light, The Moon in Silver Glory Shone, The My Barns Are Full, My Stores Increase My Former Hopes Are Dead My God! How Perfect Are Thy Ways My Harp Untuned, and Laid Aside While Thus to Grief My Soul Gave Way My Soul Is Beset My Soul Once Had Its Plenteous Years My Soul, This Curious House of Clay Nay, I Cannot Let Thee Go Lord, I Cannot Let Thee Go No Words Can Declare Not to Sinai's Dreadful Blaze Now, Gracious Lord, Thine Arm Reveal Now Let Us Join with Hearts and Tongues Now, Lord, Inspire the Preacher's Heart Now May Fervent Prayer Arise Now May He Who from the Dead Now May the Lord Reveal His Face O David's Son, and David's Lord O Happy They Who Know the Lord O How I Love Thy Holy Word O Lord, How Vile Am I O Lord, Our Languid Souls Inspire Dear Shepherd of Thy People, Hear O, May the Power Which Melts the Rock O, Speak That Gracious Word Again O Thou, at Whose Almighty Word Oft as the Bell, with Solemn Toll Oft as the Leper's Case I Read Oft in Vain the Voice of Truth Often Thy Public Means of Grace On Man, in His Own Image Made On the Same Flower We Often See Once a Woman Silent Stood Once Perishing in Blood I Lay Once, While We Aimed at Zion's Songs One Awful Word Which Jesus Spoke One Glance of Thine, Eternal Lord One There Is, Above All Others Oppressed with Unbelief and Sin Our Lord, Who Knows Full Well Lord, Who Truly Knows, The Peace Which God Alone Reveals, The Pensive, Doubting, Fearful Heart Physician of My Sin Sick Soul Pleasing Spring Again Is Here Kindly Spring Again Is Here Poor Esau Repented Too Late Poor Sinners! 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See the Gloomy Gathering Cloud See, the World for Youth Prepares Shall Men Pretend to Pleasure Shelter from the Rain or Wind, A Shunamite, Oppressed with Grief, The Sight, Hearing, Feeling, Taste and Smell Signs Which God to Gideon Gave, The Simon, Beware! the Savior Said Sin, When Viewed by Scripture Light Sinner, Art Thou Still Secure? Sinner, Hear the Savior's Call Son of God! Thy People's Shield Sovereign Grace Has Power Alone Stop, Poor Sinner! Stop and Think Strange and Mysterious Is My Life Conflicting Feelings Subtle Spider Often Weaves, The Supported by the Word Sweet Was the Time When First I Felt Sweeter Sounds Than Music Knows Ten Thousand Talents Once I Owed That Man No Guard or Weapons Needs That Was a Wonder Working Word Then the Apostle Wonders Wrought Though Cloudy Skies and Northern Blasts Though in the Outward Church Below Though the Morn May Be Serene Though Jericho Pleasantly Stood Though Small the Drops of Falling Rain Though Sore Beset with Guilt and Fear Though Troubles Assail Us Thus Saith the Holy One, and True Thus Saith the Lord to Ephesus Thy Mansion Is the Christian's Heart Thy Message, by the Preacher, Seal Thy Promise, Lord, and Thy Command Time, by Moments, Steals Away Time, with an Unwearied Hand 'Tis a Point I Long to Know 'Tis Past--he Dreadful Stormy Night To Thee Our Wants Are Known Unbelief the Soul Dismays Uncertain How the Way to Find Unless the Lord Had Been My Stay Water Stood Like Walls of Brass, The We Seek a Rest Beyond the Skies Wearied by Day with Toils and Cares What a Mournful Life Is Mine What Contradictions Meet On What Has Now Been Sown What Think Ye of Christ? 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Wishes That the Sluggard Frames, The With Israel's God Who Can Compare? With Satan, My Accuser, Near Word from Jesus Calms the Sea, A Word of Christ, Our Lord, The Worldling Spent Each Day, A Ye Saints on Earth Ascribe with Heav'n's High Host Yes! Since God Himself Has Said It Zaccheus Climbed the Tree Zeal Is That Pure and Heav'nly Flame Zion! The City of Our God
