John Newton on the spirit with which another believer in grave error should be corrected: If you account him a believer, though greatly mistaken in the subject of debate between you, the words of David to Joab, concerning Absalom, are very applicable: “Deal gently with him for my sake.” The Lord loves him and bears …

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This morning at mgpc we sang the hymn ‘According to your (thy) gracious word’ as a communion song. The tune which we used is called ‘Ballerma’ and it is also popularly used as a tune for the hymn ‘Approach my soul the mercy seat’. ‘Approach my soul…’ was written by John Newton, author of ‘Amazing …

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