John Newton
17 quotes
Biography
"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"
"Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior."
"I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his last words)"
"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."
"Whether men are pleased or not, we will, we must, worship the Lamb that was slain."
"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 by a day or a week's converse with the best of men, or the most studious perusal of many folios."
"I am not what I ought to be — ah, how imperfect and deficient! I am not what I wish to be — I abhor what is evil, and I would cleave to what is good! I am not what I hope to be — soon, soon shall I put off mortality, and with mortality all sin and imperfection. Yet, though I am not what I ought to be, nor what I wish to be, nor what I hope to be, I can truly say, I am not what I once was; a slave to sin and Satan; and I can heartily join with the apostle, and acknowledge, "By the grace of God I am what I am.""
"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."
"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."
"Outside in the harbor ... was the captain of the slave-ship, with so clear a conscience that one of them, in the intervals of waiting to enrich British capitalism with the profits of another valuable cargo, enriched British religion by composing the hymn "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds!""
"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."
"Prayer is the great engine to overthrow and rout my spiritual enemies the great means to procure the graces of which I stand in hourly need."
"You are coming to a King Large petitions with you bring For his grace and power are such None can ever ask too much."
"Beyond our utmost wants His love and power can bless To praying souls he always grants More than they can express."
"The spirit of prayer is the fruit and token of the Spirit of adoption."
"The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades but the best of all professions."
"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."