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To: johngrace
"Amazing Grace"

In a church yard in Olney, England, the composer of this great hymn of faith was laid to rest.
 
On his stone, this inscription:

John Newton, clerk, once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa, was,
by the rich mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned,
and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy.
 
He was ordained an Angilcan priest - an evangelical Christian

152 posted on 06/29/2014 5:03:17 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Yes. Great anointed song. And as an Anglican priest he was called “ Father.” Good point.


156 posted on 06/29/2014 7:24:32 AM PDT by johngrace (I am a 1 John 4! Christian- declared at every Sunday Mass , Divine Mercy and Rosary prayers!)
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