“I wish my letters may be a bridle to you and yours a spur to me”. T he above words are ones that John Newton wrote to John Ryland, Jr. Newton was almost 50 when he wrote those words and… Continue Reading
Watch this: Now read this: …I believe there may be a real exercise of faith and growth in grace, when our sensible feelings are faint and low. A soul may be in as thriving a state when thirsting, seeking, and… Continue Reading
Matthew Griffiths was a student at Bristol in 1799-1800. He was a “promising young man” and one that John Newton strongly recommended to Samuel Pearce his attending the Bristol Academy. The details are as of yet unknown to me but… Continue Reading
My usefulness was the last idol I was willing to give up; But now I thank the Lord, I can part with that also, and am content to be anything or nothing, so that His wise and holy will may… Continue Reading