Directory of Newton, John Resources

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John Newton, 1725-1807: English infidel slave-trader turned abolitionist and evangelist. He served as curate at Olney for many years, where he and his friend William Cowper wrote the hymns published as "Olney Hymns" -- and from whence he carried on a heated controversy with the "Arminian" Wesleys. Although he was overshadowed as a poet by Cowper, "Amazing Grace" is surely in every English-language hymnal, and generally accompanied by several others of his hymns.

Subcategories

• Olney Hymns

Resources in This Category

• Amazing Grace, the story of John Newton - Christian Articles Archive

  http://www.joyfulheart.com/misc/newton.htm
  Brief biography.

• Amazing Grace: Faith's Review and Expectation

  http://logosresourcepages.org/Music/amazing.htm
  Brief biography of John Newton.

• Cyberhymnal: John Newton

  http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/e/w/newton_j.htm
  Brief biography; list of more than 275 hymns, some with complete text.

• Fire and Ice: Letters of John Newton

  http://www.puritansermons.com/newton/newt_b.htm
  60+ letters.

• Glimpses: John Newton

  http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/john-newton-discovered-amazing-grace-11630253.html
  Biographical article on the former slave-trading shipper turned Christian minister.

• John Newton: On Public Prayer

  http://www.puritansermons.com/newton/newton4.htm
  Article at Fire and Ice.

• Newton, John and Mary

  http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1701-1800/the-love-of-john-and-mary-newton-11630257.html
  Article on their marriage and its influence on John's life.

• Reformed Reader: Letters Of John Newton

  http://www.reformedreader.org/rbb/newton/lettersofnewton.htm
  Early writings of hardships, his conversion to Christianity, and his ministry of comfort afterward.

• Wholesome Words: John Newton Biographies

  http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/bnewton2.html
  Includes several biographical articles; links.

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