Quotes of John Newton - somelinesforyou

“ I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that He is indeed our Master. ”

- John Newton

“ I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words) ”

- John Newton

“ 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 ”

- John Newton

“ Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior. ”

- John Newton

“ I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words) ”

- John Newton

“ The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May. ”

- John Newton

“ When we are duly apprized of our absolute dependence upon him and of our obligations to him as our Creator, Benefactor, and Lawgiver, sin will appear exceedingly sinful, and will bring a burden upon the conscience, which can only be removed by faith in the Redeemer. ”

- John Newton

“ The spirit of prayer is the fruit and token of the Spirit of adoption. ”

- John Newton

“ There was a mood on campus that this was going to be the next Michigan State. ”

- John Newton

“ There was a mood on campus that this was going to be the next Michigan State. ”

- John Newton

“ Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end. ”

- John Newton

“ Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end. ”

- John Newton

“ A bowler can make or break a chap. ”

- John Newton

“ We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it. ”

- John Newton

“ Learning, though it is useful when we know how to make a right use of it, yet, considered as in our own power, and to those who trust to it without seeking a superior guidance... it is indeed like a sword in a madman's hands, which gives him the more opportunity of hurting himself than others. ”

- John Newton

“ The love I bear Christ is but a faint and feeble spark, but it is an emanation from himself: He kindled it and he keeps it alive; and because it is his work, I trust many waters shall not quench it. ”

- John Newton

“ There was a mood on campus that this was going to be the next Michigan State. ”

- John Newton

“ So dress and conduct yourself so that people who have been in your company will not recall what you had on. ”

- John Newton

“ There was a mood on campus that this was going to be the next Michigan State. ”

- John Newton

“ Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'This grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. ”

- John Newton

“ The love I bear Christ is but a faint and feeble spark, but it is an emanation from himself: He kindled it and he keeps it alive; and because it is his work, I trust many waters shall not quench it. ”

- John Newton

“ The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions. ”

- John Newton

“ So dress and conduct yourself so that people who have been in your company will not recall what you had on. ”

- John Newton

“ We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to His glory and our own advantage. ”

- John Newton

“ If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer — His grace sufficient, His promises unchangeable. ”

- John Newton

“ We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it. ”

- John Newton

“ The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions. ”

- John Newton

“ Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end. ”

- John Newton

“ The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions. ”

- John Newton

“ I think a lot of it is a forming of attitudes. I think, primarily, they know our name but they don't know much about us. ”

- John Newton
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