"The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields……" — John Newton
"The midsummer sun shines but dim, The fields strive in vain to look gay; But when I am happy in Him December's as pleasant as May."
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John Newton
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18 Quotes by John Newton
John Newton has 18 quotes on this site.
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We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will…
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I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what…
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This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood,…
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Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great…
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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 am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon. (his…
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God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.
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If we seem to get no good by attempting to draw near to Him, we may be sure we will…
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If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule…
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Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can…
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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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A bowler can make or break a chap.
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More December Quotes
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For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.
— Margaret Atwood
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God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.
— James M. Barrie
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It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of '98. Before that, I was basically unknown.…
— Ben Affleck
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The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December.
— Paul Cellucci
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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had…
— John Henrik Clarke
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Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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He makes a July's day short as December.
— William Shakespeare
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Russell joined the team in December, 1956, following the Olympics.
— Bob Cousy
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One thing I learned from drinking is that if you ever go Christmas caroling, you should go with a group…
— Louis C. K.
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The girl who I will marry will have a heart so wise that in the hollow of her eyes my…
— Jacques Brel
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On December 12, 1829, Paganini wrote his friend Germi: "The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma,…
— Niccolo Paganini
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