Quotes: John Newton

Two things I know. I am a great sinner, and Christ is a great saviour.

If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer, His grace sufficient, His promises unchangeable.

The Christian ministry is the worst of all trades, but the best of all professions.

Zeal without knowledge is like expedition to a man in the dark.

I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of fagots [sticks tied together], far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for each day; but we choose to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday's stick over again today, and adding tomorrow's burden to the load, before we are required to bear it.