A semana é já passada

baseado em: John Newton

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 >

Author: Rodolpho Hasse

Started Comunidade Evangélica Luterana da Paz, affiliated with Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil in 1932. It was the first Lutheran congregation in Rio de Janeiro. [Source?] Go to person page >

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First Line: A semana é já passada
Author: Rodolpho Hasse (alt.)
baseado em: John Newton (1774)
Source: baseado em Safely through another week, John Newton, 1774
Language: Portuguese
Copyright: © Copyright da Igreja Evangélica Luterana do Brasil (admin. Editora Concórdia), 1986

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