願我基督救主恩惠, (May the Grace of Christ Our Saviour)

願我基督救主恩惠, (Yuàn wǒ jīdū jiù zhǔ ēnhuì)

Author: John Newton
Tune: GOTT DES HIMMELS
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Author: 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 >

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First Line: 願我基督救主恩惠, (Yuàn wǒ jīdū jiù zhǔ ēnhuì)
Title: 願我基督救主恩惠, (May the Grace of Christ Our Saviour)
Author: John Newton
Language: Chinese
Publication Date: 1986
Notes: This is a Chinese translation of Newton's "May the grace of Christ our Savior"
Copyright: 版權屬 宣道出版社 所有

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生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #530

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