TY  - BOOK
AU  - Edwards,Brian
TI  - Through many dangers : the story of John Newton
SN  - 0852340605 (paperback)
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Welwyn, Herts, England
PB  - Evangelical Press
KW  - Newton, John,
KW  - Church of England
KW  - Clergy
KW  - Biography
KW  - Christian biography
KW  - England
KW  - Hymn writers
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: pages [198]-200
N2  - A common sailor at the age of eleven and press-ganged onto a man-of-war at nineteen, John Newton experienced the thrill of action against French warships, the cruel lash of navy discipline for desertion, the loose and blasphemous life of a free thinker, and the pain of an overwhelming love for a girl beyond his reach. Rejecting God and morality, Newton entered the slave-trade, became a slave himself and by the age of twenty-three was little removed from the state of a wild animal. A violent Atlantic storm brought Newton to his knees and to his God. With a changing life and growing faith there followed years as a slave captain and customs man, in the heyday of smuggling, before he entered the ministry. This servant of slaves rose to occupy the pulpit of the most influential church in London, numbering among his friends a politician, a poet and a playwright, each of whom became national figures.-- (from back cover)
UR  - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/810676.Through_Many_Dangers
ER  -