Out of the Depths

by John Newton

Overview

(Updated and revised by Dennis R. Hillman) The original and unvarnished account of one of Christianity's most dramatic conversions—the autobiography of John Newton, the author of "Amazing Grace." This is the ultimate, full-length hymn story, as spectacular and compelling today as when it was first written.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780825433191
Publisher:	Kregel Publications
Publication date:	05/08/2003
Edition description:	Revised and Updated
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	442,567
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Newton (1725-1807) was born in London and at age eleven went to sea with his father, a shipmaster on the Mediterranean. Disregarding his mother's prayer that he enter the ministry, he engaged in the lucrative but brutal African slave trade for a number of years. After his conversion he served in the Church of England as pastor of Olney parish and later of the combined church of St. Mary's in London. In addition to the words of "Amazing Grace," Newton was a prolific songwriter whose other well-known hymns include "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds."

Editorial Reviews

Out of the Depths provides a beautiful picture of the 'amazing grace' Newton so eloquently described in his famous song. -

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