John Newton Quotes

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• 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

  Grace, World, Want

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

  John Newton

  Religious, Jesus, Memories

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• 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 promise unchangeable.

  John Newton

  Prayer, Eye, Grace

  John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.272

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• May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.

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  Feet, Justice, Done

  John Newton (1847). “One Hundred and Twenty Nine Letters from the Rev. John Newton ... to the Rev. William Bull, of Newport Pagnell: Written During a Period of Thirty-two Years, from 1773 to 1805 ...”, p.206

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• When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.

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  God, Attitude, Self

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• When I was young, I was sure of many things; now there are only two things of which I am sure: one is, that I am a miserable sinner; and the other, that Christ is an all-sufficient Saviour. He is well-taught who learns these two lessons.

  John Newton

  Two, Taught, Lessons

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• I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of sticks, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for us each day; but we choose to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday's stick over again today, and adding tomorrow's burden to our load, before we are required to bear it.

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  Years, Yesterday, Giving

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• Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.

  John Newton

  Taken, Heaven, Earth

  John Newton, Richard Cecil (1831). “The Select Works of the Rev. John Newton: ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life & C”, p.76

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• Our work is great; our time is short; the consequences of our labors are infinite.

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  Infinite, Labor, Our Time

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• The best advice I can give you: Look unto Jesus, beholding his beauty in the written word.

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  Jesus, Giving, Advice

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• Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow-sinners, knowing that if there is a difference — it is grace alone which has made it! He knows that he has the seeds of every evil in his own heart. And under all trials and afflictions — he will look to the hand of the Lord, and lay his mouth in the dust, acknowledging that he suffers much less than his iniquities have deserved.

  John Newton

  Heart, Knowing, Dust

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• 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

  Life, Attitude, Past

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• Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.

  John Newton

  Sweet, Grace, Sound

  Olney Hymns "Amazing Grace" (1779)

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• Though troubles assail And dangers affright, Though friends should all fail And foes all unite; Yet one thing secures us, Whatever betide, The scripture assures us, The Lord will provide.

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  Scripture, Failing, Trouble

  John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.113

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• 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.

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  School, Humility, Christ

  John Newton, John Cecil (1831). “The works of the Rev. John Newton ...: containing, an authentic narrative, etc., letters on religious subjects, cardiphonia, discourses intended for the pulpit, sermons preached in the parish church of Olney, a review of ecclesiastical history, Olney hymns, poems, Messiah, occasional sermons, and tracts, to which are prefixed, Memoirs of his life, &c. by the Rev. John Cecil”, p.315

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• My grand point in preaching is to break the hard heart, and to heal the broken one.

  John Newton

  Heart, Broken, Break

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• If you once love Him, you will study to please Him.

  John Newton

  Study, Loving God, Please

  John Newton (1824). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ...”, p.411

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• All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.

  John Newton

  Working Together, Together

  John Newton (2001). “The Voice of the Heart”, p.179, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.

  John Newton

  Mistake, Glory, Advantage

  John Newton, John Cecil (1831). “The works of the Rev. John Newton ...: containing, an authentic narrative, etc., letters on religious subjects, cardiphonia, discourses intended for the pulpit, sermons preached in the parish church of Olney, a review of ecclesiastical history, Olney hymns, poems, Messiah, occasional sermons, and tracts, to which are prefixed, Memoirs of his life, &c. by the Rev. John Cecil”, p.319

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• I make it a rule of Christian duty never to go to a place where there is not room for my Master as well as myself.

  John Newton

  Christian, Rooms, Masters

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• Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.

  John Newton

  Dark, Men, Expeditions

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• This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus.

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  Jesus, Blood, Righteousness

  John Newton (1808). “The works of the rev. John Newton”, p.572

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• By one hour's intimate access to the throne of grace, where the Lord causes His glory to pass before the soul that seeks Him you may acquire more true spiritual knowledge and comfort than a day's or a week's converse with the best of men, or the most.

  John Newton

  Spiritual, Men, Soul

  John Newton (1808). “The works of the rev. John Newton”, p.406

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• How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.

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  Christian, Sweet, Jesus

  John Newton (1797). “Olney hymns: in three books. I. On select texts of Scripture. II. On occasional subjects. III. On the progress and changes of the spiritual life”, p.58

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• The Christian must know that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work for his everlasting good; and that grace and strength shall be afforded him according to his need.

  John Newton

  Christian, Grace, Suffering

  John Newton, Richard Cecil (1831). “The Select Works of the Rev. John Newton: ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life & C”

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