"Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of……" — John Newton
"Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end."
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18 Quotes by John Newton
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Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found,…
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I endeavored to renounce society, that I might avoid temptation. But it was a poor religion; so far as it…
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