John Newton Quotes
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Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain.
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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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Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him.
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Time, by moments, steals away, First the hour, and then the day; Small the daily loss appears, Yet it soon amounts to years
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If two angels were sent down from heaven,--one to conduct an empire, and the other to sweep a street,--they would feel no inclination to change employments.
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I once was lost, but now am found.
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Zeal is that pure and heavenly flame,The fire of love supplies ;While that which often bears the name,Is self in a disguise.True zeal is merciful and mild,Can pity and forbear ;The false is headstrong, fierce and wild,And breathes revenge and war.
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Assurance grows by repeated conflict, by our repeated experimental proof of the Lord's power and goodness to save; when we have been brought very low and helped, sorely wounded and healed, cast down and raised again, have given up all hope, and been suddenly snatched from danger, and placed in safety; and when these things have been repeated to us and in us a thousand times over, we begin to learn to trust simply to the word and power of God, beyond and against appearances: and this trust, when habitual and strong, bears the name of assurance; for even assurance has degrees.
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If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it.
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There is many a thing which the world calls disappointment; but there is no such thing in the dictionary of faith. What to others are disappointments are to believers intimations of the will of God.
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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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We serve a gracious Master who knows how to overrule even our mistakes to his glory and our own advantage.
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I look upon prayer-meetings as the most profitable exercises (excepting the public preaching) in which Christians can engage. They have a direct tendency to kill a worldly, trifling spirit, and to draw down a Divine blessing upon all our concerns, compose differences, and enkindle (at least maintain) the flames of Divine love amongst brethren.
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God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts.
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Experience is the Lord's school, and they who are taught by Him usually learn by the mistakes they make that in themselves they have no wisdom; and by their slips and falls, that they have no strength.
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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.
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How many times has He delivered me! Yet, alas! How distrustful and ungrateful is my heart even until the present!
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I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it prevailed, only tended to make me gloomy, stupid, unsociable, and useless.
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But by the grace of God I am what I am
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If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will get none by keeping away from Him.
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God works powerfully, but for the most part gently and gradually.
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Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.
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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.
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All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.
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Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.
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Let me endeavor to lead you out of yourself: let me invite you to look unto Jesus.
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As to myself, if I were not a Calvinist, I think I should have no more hope of success in preaching to men, than to horses or cows.
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Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.
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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.
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Every drop of rain hits its appointed target.
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