We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? John Newton was a slave trader who had a dramatic conversion to Christianity, after which he studied to be a minister. He was then appointed to the rural parish of Olney, a community largely inhabited by the impoverished and uneducated. There he met William Cowper , an eminent poet who had moved to Olney after a bout ...

"Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism" by Thomas Inman and John Newton explores the intricate connections between ancient pagan beliefs and modern Christian practices. The authors delve into the rich tapestry of symbols that have transcended time, revealing how many Christian symbols have roots in earlier pagan traditions. Through a detailed analysis, they illustrate how these symbols have evolved and adapted, serving as a bridge between different belief systems. This work invites ...

The nature and effects of that unhappy and disgraceful branch of commerce, which has long been maintained on the Coast of Africa, with the sole, and professed design of purchasing our fellow-creatures, in order to supply our West-India islands and the American colonies, when they were ours, with Slaves; is now generally understood. So much light has been thrown upon the subject, by many able pens; and so many respectable persons have already engaged to use their utmost influence, for the s...

The woodcuts in the present volume originally appeared in a large work, in two thick volumes, entitled Ancient Faiths embodied in Ancient Names. It has been suggested to me by many, that a collection of these Figures, and their explanation, are more likely to be generally examined than a very voluminous book. The one is, as it were, an alphabet; the other, an essay. The one opens the eyes; the other gives them opportunities to use their vision. The one teaches to read; the other affords me...

A drunken poet obliged to choose between Art and Love. What could possibly go wrong? Rock Oyster Island. It's a slack kind of place, but that's the way the locals like it: lifestyle farmers, pensioned-off bikers, seekers and healers, meth cooks and fishing guides. It's only a ferry ride to the city but the modern world feels blessedly remote. Working hard is not greatly valued. Mild Pacific sunshine pours down unfailingly. When Arthur Bardruin, fugitive poet, washes up on Marigold Ingle's ...

Published in 1788 at the height of Britain's abolition controversy, *Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade* is John Newton's concise but devastating examination of the Atlantic slave system. Drawing upon personal experience, eyewitness testimony, and moral reasoning, Newton describes the capture, confinement, transportation, and sale of Africans, exposing the violence concealed by commercial language. Its prose combines the plain force of an evangelical confession with the evidentiary purp...

This 18th century essay on the evils of slavery and human trafficking, by a member of the British clergy, remains as powerful today as when it was first published. It begins:The nature and effects of that unhappy and disgraceful branch of commerce, which has long been maintained on the Coast of Africa, with the sole, and professed design of purchasing our fellow-creatures, in order to supply our West-India islands and the American colonies, when they were ours, with Slaves; is now ...

The author of Among Friends returns with a witty, heartfelt account of his adventures as a full-time traveling storyteller for God.In third grade, we talked about what we wanted to be when we grew up. I raised my hand and said, "I want to be the pope!"Everyone laughed.But, hey, if you think about it, I'm still in the running.Encountering God is a collection of Father Jim Sichko's tales about what ha...

"The story of a youth who was a virtual slave in Sierra Leone before ironically becoming a slave trader himself." -Amazing Grace in John Newton: Slave Ship Captain (2004)"Experiences as captain of a slave ship led him to join the ministry and campaign against the evils of slavery." -Slave Ship Captain: The Story of John Newton (1975)"Amazing Grace...was written by former slave trader John Newton...incredible life story." -Amazing Grace: The Story...

A fresh voice in the Episcopal Church addresses traditionally un-Episcopal questions that Episcopalians (and Christians in general) are asking todayNew Clothes speaks to two very specific challenges we face at this unique time in the life of the church. It would seem we are equally ineffective at transforming the lives of the “un-churched” world as we are the established, declining “churched” world. Whereas one group is altogether unfamiliar with the Gospe...

John Newton is now best remembered as an Anglican clergyman and the author of the hymn Amazing Grace. For the first thirty years of his life, however, he was engrossed in the slave trade. His father planned for him to take up a position as slave master on a West Indies plantation but he was instead pressed into the Royal Navy where, after attempting to desert, he was captured and flogged round the fleet. After this humiliation he was placed in service on a slave ship bound for Sierra Leone...

Unveil the layers of symbolism that bridge ancient paganism and modern Christianity with "Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism" by Thomas Inman and Mrcse John Newton. Explore the fascinating connections and divergences between these two distinct yet intertwined belief systems, as the authors unravel the intricate tapestry of symbols that transcend time.As the narrative unfolds, delve into the exploration of symbols that have persisted across cultural and r...