Display Title: Dear Shepherd of Your People, Hear First Line: Dear Shepherd of your people, hear Tune Title: STOCKTON Author: John Newton, 1725-1807 Meter: CM Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-20; 1 Samuel 12:19-25; 2 Samuel 7:1-29; 1 Kings 8:22-30; Psalm 66; Psalm 102; Psalm 122; Psalm 141; Jonah 1:1-17; Jonah 2:10 - 4:11; Matthew 6:1-6; Matthew 6:16-21; Matthew 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-9; Luke 9:28-36; Luke 18:1-8; Philippians 1:3-11; 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Date: 1998 Subject: Easter (fourth Sunday) | ; Gathering of the Community | ; Jesus, the Shepherd | ; Trust |
Common Praise (1998) #521
John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumultuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >
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