Newton, John 1725-1807

Overview

Works:	912 works in 2,997 publications in 6 languages and 36,523 library holdings
Genres:	Records and correspondence Personal narratives Biography History Fiction Sermons Controversial literature Portraits Diaries Criticism, interpretation, etc
Subject Headings:	Clergy
Roles:	Author, Editor, Lyricist, Composer, Bibliographic antecedent, Translator, Speaker, Correspondent
Classifications:	AC4, 380.144

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Publications about John Newton

Publications by John Newton

Publications by John Newton, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about John Newton

Amazing grace : the story of America's most beloved song by Steve Turner ( Book )
The longing season by Christine Schaub ( Book )
Amazing grace : the story of the hymn by Linda Granfield ( Book )
The trader, the owner, the slave : parallel lives in the age of slavery by James Walvin ( Book )
Amazing grace : the story behind the song by James Haskins ( Book )

Amazing grace with Bill Moyers by Bill D Moyers ( Visual )
Amazing grace : John Newton's story by John Pollock ( Book )
Captured by grace : no one is beyond the reach of a loving God by David Jeremiah ( Book )
Amazing grace in John Newton : slave-ship captain, hymnwriter, and abolitionist by William E Phipps ( Book )
The infidel : a novel based on the life of John Newton, writer of the hymm Amazing grace by Joe Musser ( Book )
John Newton and the English evangelical tradition : between the conversions of Wesley and Wilberforce by D. Bruce Hindmarsh ( Book )
John Newton : from disgrace to amazing grace by Jonathan Aitken ( Book )
John Newton; a biography by Bernard Martin ( Book )
Letters, originally published under the signatures of Omicron and Vigil by John Newton ( )
Memoirs of the Rev. John Newton, late rector of the united parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch with general remarks on his life, connections, and character by Richard Cecil ( )
An authentic narrative of some remarkable and interesting particulars in the life of Mr. Newton communicated in a series of letters to the Rev. Mr. Haweis, Rector of Aldwinckle, Northamptonshire, and by him, at the request of friends, now made public by John Newton ( )
The runaway's revenge by Dave Jackson ( Book )
Unanswerable arguments against the abolition of the slave trade with a defence of the proprietors of the British sugar colonies, against certain malignant charges contained in letters published by a sailor, and by Luffman, Newton, &c. : remarks on the dispositions and characters of the African slaves ... by James Makittrick Adair ( )
Out of slavery : the journey to Amazing grace by Linda Granfield ( Book )
Servant of slaves; a biographical novel of John Newton by Grace Irwin ( Book )

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Most widely held works by John Newton

Olney hymns in three books. Book I. On select Texts of Scripture. Book II. On occasional Subjects. Book III. On the Progress and Changes of the Spiritual Life by John Newton ( Book )
172 editions published between 1779 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An authentic narrative of some remarkable and interesting particulars in the life of *** *** *** Communicated in a series of letters, to the Reverend Mr. Haweis by John Newton ( )
100 editions published between 1764 and 2005 in English and German and held by 1,352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains an account of voyages to South Carolina and the West Indies and mainly concerned with life aboard slave ships

Poems by William Cowper ... In two volumes. by William Cowper ( Book )
80 editions published between 1793 and 1925 in English and held by 1,144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thoughts upon the African slave trade by John Newton ( )
53 editions published between 1788 and 2005 in English and held by 1,035 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A monument to the praise of the Lord's goodness and to the memory of dear Eliza Cuningham. Published for the benefit of a charitable institution by John Newton ( Book )
72 editions published between 1785 and 1819 in English and held by 1,006 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Olney hymns in three books: Book I. On select texts of Scripture. Book II. On occasional subjects. Book III. On the progress and changes of the spiritual life. By the Rev. John Newton, London. [Eight lines of quotations] by John Newton ( )
64 editions published between 1779 and 2010 in English and held by 856 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cardiphonia, or, The utterance of the heart in the course of a real correspondence by John Newton ( Book )
108 editions published between 1780 and 1911 in English and Dutch and held by 657 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters to a wife by the Author of Cardiphonia. by the author of Cardiphonia by John Newton ( )
41 editions published between 1747 and 1977 in English and held by 480 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty six letters on religious subjects. To which are added, Hymns, &c. By Omicron by John Newton ( )
48 editions published between 1774 and 2005 in English and Welsh and held by 469 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The works of the Rev. John Newton by John Newton ( Book )
57 editions published between 1724 and 2013 in English and held by 463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The journal of a slave trader (John Newton) 1750-1754 by John Newton ( Book )
9 editions published in 1962 in English and held by 442 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"From 1750 to 1754 John Newton was Master of slave ships (a quite respectable occupation), and the journal which he then kept has ever since been locked away, unseen by any historian and only quoted briefly by one of his biographers. It is unique as a record of the slave trade. It covers three voyages from England to Africa, giving details about months of trading on the west coast, the notorious 'middle passage' to the West Indies and the return voyages to England, and is an important addition to our information about slave trading, about the history of West Africa and, to a lesser extent, about life at sea in the mid-eighteenth century. The editors have omitted passages which are repetitive and have included a few extracts from Newton's diary and letters written from sea at the same time as the journal, so that Newton's character while he was engaged in this shocking trade is revealed to an astonishing degree. Later, when Newton was a clergyman and the intimate friend of the poet Cowper, he wrote hymns which are still popular and books which were reprinted again and again all through the nineteenth century. His flair for literature adds to the fascination of the journal. On the title page of the journal Newton wrote a Latin tag, 'It will be pleasant to remember these things hereafter,' but in middle age he described the slave trade as 'a business at which my heart now shudders.' He became an abolitionist and was largely responsible for bringing Wilberforce into the anti-slavery campaign. With the journal before him to refresh his memory, he also wrote Thoughts on the African Slave Trade, a pamphlet which supplements the journal and is included as an appendix."--Book jacket

Cardiphonia or, the utterance of the heart ; in the course of a real correspondence. By the author of Omicron's Letters. The second edition. In two volumes. by John Newton ( )
13 editions published between 1781 and 1795 in English and held by 420 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The christian character exemplified from the papers of Mrs. Margaret Magdalen A-s, latewife [sic] of Mr. Frederick Charles A-s, of Goodman's Fields. Selected and revised by John Newton ; Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth by Margaret Magdalen Althens ( Book )
31 editions published between 1791 and 1818 in English and held by 400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Apologia. Four letters to a minister of an independent church To which is prefixed a letter on candour. By the Reverend John Newton, minister of the Gospel in London. [Five lines of Scripture text] by John Newton ( )
23 editions published between 1784 and 2005 in English and held by 367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A token of affection and respect to the parishioners of St. Mary Wollnoth [sic], and St. Mary Woolchurch, London, from their minister by John Newton ( )
19 editions published between 1781 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 325 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Letters and sermons, with a review of ecclesiastical history, and hymns by John Newton ( Book )
27 editions published between 1787 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 321 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A plan of academical preparation for the ministry, in a letter to a friend by John Newton ( )
19 editions published between 1782 and 2005 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty-Six letters on religious subjects by Omicron. To which are now added fourteen letters, by the same author, formerly published under the signature of Vigil: and three fugitive pieces in verse by John Newton ( )
15 editions published between 1785 and 2005 in English and held by 274 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The posthumous works of the late Rev. John Newton by John Newton ( Book )
12 editions published between 1809 and 1813 in English and held by 242 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty six letters on religious subjects Namely, 1. On Trust in God. 2. To a Student. 3. To a Friend, on 2 Cor. v. 10. 4. On Family Worship. 5. On the Difficulties attending the Ministry. 6. On the Influence of Faith. 7. On a Ministerial Address. 8. On the inward Witness. 9. On Election, &c. 10. On Grace in the Blade. 11. On Grace in the Ear. 12. On the full Corn. 13. On hearing Sermons. 14. On Temptation. 15. A Plan of a Library. 16. On the Inefficacy of Knowledge. 17. On a Believer's Frames. 18. On Social Prayer. 19. On Controversy. 20. On Conformity. 21. On Spiritual Blindness. 22. On a State of Poverty. 23. On Simplicity, &c. 24. On Communion. 25. On Faith, &c. 26. On Gospel Illumination. By Omicron by John Newton ( )
3 editions published between 1775 and 1780 in English and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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