NEWTON, JOHN (1725–1807), divine and friend of the poet Cowper, born in London on 24 July 1725 (O.S.), was son of a commander in the merchant service engaged in the Mediterranean trade. His mother, who gave him some religious training, died of consumption 11 July 1732. Thereupon his father married again, and the child was sent to school at Stratford, Essex, where he learned some Latin. When he was eleven (1736) he went to sea with his father, and made six voyages with him before 1742. In that year the elder Newton retired from the service, and subsequently becoming governor of York Fort, under the Hudson's Bay Company, was drowned there in 1751. Meanwhile the son, after returning from a voyage to Venice about 1743, was impressed on board H.M.S. …show more content…
Shortly after his settlement there, Whitefield, whom he had already met in London, arrived in Liverpool. Newton became his enthusiastic disciple, and gained the nickname of ‘young Whitefield.’ At a later period Wesley visited the town, and Newton laid the foundation of a lasting friendship with him; while he obtained introductions to Grimshaw at Haworth, Venn at Huddersfield, Berridge at Everton, and Romaine in London. Still eagerly pursuing his studies, he taught himself Greek, and gained some knowledge of Hebrew and Syriac. He soon resolved to undertake some ministerial work; but he was undecided whether to become an independent minister or a clergyman of the church of England. In December 1758 he applied for holy orders to the Archbishop of York, on a title in Yorkshire, but received through the archbishop's secretary ‘the softest refusal imaginable.’ In 1760 he was for three months in charge of an independent congregation at Warwick. In 1763 he was brought by Dr. Haweis, rector of Aldwinkle, to the notice of Lord Dartmouth, the young evangelical nobleman; and on 29 April 1764 was ordained deacon, and on 17 June priest. His earliest charge was the curacy of Olney, Buckinghamshire, in Lord Dartmouth's patronage. In the same year he published an account of his life at sea and of his religious experiences, called ‘The Authentic Narrative.’ It reached a second …show more content…
‘An Authentic Narrative of some … Particulars in the Life of … John Newton,’ 1st ed. 1764; 2nd ed. 1764; 3rd ed. 1765; other editions 1775, 1780, 1792. 2. ‘Omicron: Twenty-six Letters on Religious Subjects,’ 1st ed. 1774; 2nd ed. 1775. 3. ‘Omicron … to which are added fourteen Letters … formerly published under the signature of Vigil; and three fugitive Pieces in verse,’ 1785; other editions 1793, 1798. 4. ‘Olney Hymns,’ 1st ed. 1779; 2nd ed. 1781; 3rd ed. 1783; 4th ed. 1787; other editions 1792, 1795, 1797, &c. 5. ‘Cardiphonia, or the Utterance of the Heart,’ 1st ed. 1781; frequently reprinted. Other works: 6. ‘Discourses … intended for the Pulpit,’ 1760. 7. ‘Sermons, preached in the Parish Church of Olney,’ 1767. 8. ‘A Review of Ecclesiastical History,’ 1770. 9. ‘Messiah: Fifty … Discourses on the … Scriptural Passages … of the … Oratorio of Handel,’ 1786. 10. ‘Apologia: Four Letters to a Minister of an Independent Church,’ 1789. 11. ‘The Christian Correspondent: Letters to Captain Clunie from the Year 1761 to 1770,’ 1790. 12. ‘Letters to a Wife,’ 1793. Posthumous works: 13. ‘The Works of Rev. John Newton,’ 6 vols. 1808; new ed. 12 vols. 1821. 14. ‘The Works of Rev. John Newton,’ 1 vol., with ‘Memoir,’ by R. Cecil, 1827. 15. ‘One Hundred and Twenty Letters to Rev. W. Bull from 1703 to 1805,’
	At the age of thirteen he boarded a ship to Whitehaven, which was a large port across the Solway Firth. There he signed up for a seven year seaman's apprenticeship on The Friendship of Whitehaven, whose captain was James Younger, a prosperous merchant and ship owner. His first voyage took him across the Atlantic Ocean to Barbados and Fredericksburg, Virginia at which he stayed with his older brother William, a tailor, who had left Scotland for America over thirteen years before, and who now was living comfortably and flourishing.
Newton knight was a farmer in mississippi who fought for freedom and secession of Jones county. Knight and the people of jones county put their lives so they could be free from the grip from the confederacy. The confederacy took many of non-slave farmers and put their lives on the front line to fight for what they didn’t even believe in. Knight opposed the state seceding from the United States, saying that white farmers like himself did not support slavery. He was a man of individual rights and equality, which was what the united states did not have at the time.
George Whitefield was born on December 16, 1714. He was the son of a widow who owned an inn at Gloucester. He was the seventh and youngest child of Elizabeth Edwards and Thomas Whitefield. He had a loving, generous, unselfish personality. (Abbey & Overton 265) He was raised at the Bell Inn and at about the age of 15, he left school. Instead of attending school, he helped his mother with daily work at the inn. Later on, his mother was visited by an Oxford student who encouraged George, to enter college. He came from a poor background so he couldn’t pay for his tuition. Due to this, he entered Oxford as a servitor, waking higher ranked students up in the morning, polishing their shoes, carrying their books, and sometimes, doing their work. After a year, he met John and Charles Wesley and joined the Holy Club. Charles allowed him to loan a book named “The Life of God in the Soul of Man” and Whitefield read it. After reading it, he became concerned for the state of soul. He then became passionate for preaching his new found faith, and at the age of 22, he was elevated to a degree of notoriety. (Abbey & Overton 265)
Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers will be taking on the Denver Broncos this Sunday, in the final game of the NFL season, the Super Bowl. Recently Cam Newton made a statement, “I’m an African-American quarterback that scares people because they haven’t seen nothing that they can compare me to,” Newton said. (Rhoden) This quote has been criticized all of the nation because he thinks people have been racist toward him because the public thinks he celebrates too much with his dances.
Southern intellectuals and leaders strongly believed that they were far superior to both slaves and the Northern Society. They believed that slavery was not evil and did not cause dueling in the South. In fact, James Hammond defended the institution of slavery and stated that “stability and peace are the first desires of every slave-holder.” (Pg. 34) He also stated that the idea of riots and bloodsheds happening in the South is untrue and that “scenes of riot and bloodshed have within the last few years disgraced the Northern cities.” While, the Southern cities have not have any instances of it. Hammond also stated that “the only thing that can create a mob, is the appearance of an abolitionist.” (Pg. 34)
At Oxford Wycliffe was known for being an English theologian, philosopher, church reformer, and promoter of the first complete translation of the Bible into English (Wycliffe). He was not able to get his doctorate of theologian until 1372 because of periodic eruptions of the Black Death (Wycliffe). He because the most recognized theologian in all of Europe. Oxford was later blamed for Wycliffe’s actions (History). In 1374 he finally received the Crown of rectory of Lutherworth, with which his name is forever connected. There he lived continuously after his expulsion from Oxford in 1382, there he wrote his later works and collected his friends and missionaries (Trevelyan, 170). Throughout his lifetime, five papal edicts were issued for his arrest. Since England was distancing itself fr...
McManners, John. "The Oxford History of Christianity." The Oxford History of Christianity. New York: New York Oxford Press, 2002. 28.
Born on January 4, 1643, Isaac Newton is a renowned physicist and mathematician. As a child, he started off without his father, and when he was three years old, his mother remarried and left to live with her second husband. Newton was left in the hands of his grandmother. After getting a basic education at the local schools, he was sent to Grantham, England to attend the King’s School. He lived with a pharmacist named Clark. During his time at Clark’s home, he was interested in his chemical library and laboratory. He would amuse Clark’s daughter by creating mechanical devices such as sundials, floating lanterns, and a windmill run by a live mouse. Isaac Newton’s interest in science at an early age foreshadows how Isaac would be led into the
"Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, let Newton be! And all was light." - - Alexander Pope
THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE, The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1961, Second Printing December 1960.
his home in Woolsthorpe over the next two years. During this time he worked on
The New Oxford Annotated Bible. Herbert G. May and Bruce M. Metzger, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1957.
A Century of Theological and Religious Studies in Britain, 1902–2007 by Ernest Nicholson 2004 pages 125–126
Isaac was reunited with his mom when he was twelve years old; she had three small children from her second husband who was deceased. By that time, he was enrolled at King’s School in Grantham where he was first introduced to chemistry (Bio). His mother, who wanted her son to be like his father, pulled Isaac out of school to make him a farmer but he failed because he found farming to be boring. He returned to school and finished basic education. Then his uncle, a professor got him enrolled at Cambridge University. During his first three years, he was taught standard curriculum, but was more fascinated with advanced science and chemistry (Bio). After being there three years, in October 1665, a plague epidemic forced Cambridge University to close and Isaac returned home to Woolsthorpe. During this time is when he did research and conceived the method of infinitesimal calculus, and set foundations for his theory of light and color. It is also believed that during...
Talbert, Charles H. Reading John : A Literary and Theological Commentary on the Fourth Gospel and the Johannine Epistles. Macon, Ga: Smyth & Helwys Pub, 2005. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), EBSCOhost (accessed April 27, 2014).