John Newton (Men of Faith)
By Catherine Swift.
Description
The amazing story of the "Old Converted Sea Captain" whose hymns are still loved today.John Newton (1725-1807) was a British sailor whose life of sin took him to the western coast of Africa, where he became a virtual slave before getting involved in the African slave trade. His dramatic conversion during a violent storm in the North Atlantic, however, did not end his involvement with slave trading. It would be six years before he gave up his career as a sea captain and went on to become an Anglican clergyman.Dissatisfied with the hymns of the day, Newton began writing his own, man...
ISBN(s)
1556613059, 9781556613050
