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Some wonderfully encouraging biographies and an occasional brief exhortation or word of wisdom for our friends who meet together in Auburn and for anyone else who would like to listen in. Our desire is only to grow in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, for His glory.
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John Newton - A brief biography by Michelle Buckman (Part 2)
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John Newton (1725 - 1807) was an English Anglican clergyman and abolitionist
After coming to Christ, Newton renounced this trade and became a prominent supporter of abolitionism. Now an evangelical, he was ordained as a Church of England clergyman and served in the parish at Olney in Buckinghamshire for two decades. Newton lived to see the British Empire’s abolition of the African slave trade in 1807, just months before his death.
John Newton is well known for the hymns he penned, including "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken".