![]() ![]() You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention. "“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. Some of those early childhood lessons came to mind now, particularly the verses from Proverbs 1:24-31, which in the midst of that storm, in his time of despair, seemed to ring so true: At that point so far from the hopes and prayers of his mother who had continuously prayed he would become a minister, teaching him the Bibles and Isaac Watts' Divine Songs for Children. ![]() John Newton was known as "The Great Blasphemer." His life had sank so low at one point that he was even a servant to slaves in Africa for a brief period. Sailors were not noted for the refinement of their manners, but Newton had a reputation for profanity, coarseness, and debauchery which even shocked many a sailor. Since the age of eleven, he had lived a life at sea. After 11 days of the storm, sailor John Newton was too exhausted to pump, so for the following 11 hours John Newton was tied to the helm and tried to hold the ship to its course.ĭuring these 11 hours John Newton came to the realisation that his life seemed as ruined and wrecked as the battered ship he was trying to steer through the storm. With little hope hope of survival the sailors continued to work the pumps, trying to keep the ship afloat. Its canvas sails were ripped, and the wood on one side of the ship had been torn away and splintered as the Greyhound fought a north Atlantic storm for over a week. Although Amazing Grace has some amazing theology and it is a great reminder and encouragement to many who can truly sing the world renown song, in it’s infancy it is Newton’s own heartfelt expression of gratitude to God, who helped him turn from his profane and wicked life where he was a “great sinner” to a place where he was able to call the great saviour, His Lord and His Saviour. ![]()
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