Olney Hymns in Three Books; Book I On Select Texts of Scripture; Book II On Occasional Subjects; Book III On the Rise, Progress, Changes, and Comforts of the Spiritual Life. Includes categories such as Sacramental Hymns, Prayer, Creation, Conflict, Comfort, Dedication and Surrender.
Olney Hymns in Three Books; Book I On Select Texts of Scripture; Book II On Occasional Subjects; Book III On the Rise, Progress, Changes, and Comforts...
John Newton (1725-1807), converted slave-trader, preacher, and hymn-writer, was one of the most colorful figures in the Evangelical Awakening of the eighteenth century. 'Once an infidel and libertine, a servant of slaves in Africa', he once wrote for his epitaph, 'by the rich mercy of Jesus Christ, preserved, restored, pardoned, and appointed to preach the faith he had long labored to destroy.' "In few writers are Christian doctrine, experience and practice more happily balanced than in the author of these Letters, and few write with more simplicity, piety and force." - C. H. Spurgeon
John Newton (1725-1807), converted slave-trader, preacher, and hymn-writer, was one of the most colorful figures in the Evangelical Awakening of the e...
This 1786 publication is a translation of a prizewinning Latin essay written by Thomas Clarkson (1760 1846) at Cambridge the previous year. Clarkson's deep research into the Atlantic slave trade instilled in him a sense of duty, inspiring him to devote his life to abolitionism. The publication of the essay introduced Clarkson to like-minded campaigners, notably William Wilberforce (1759 1833) and Granville Sharpe (1735 1813), with whom he helped to establish in 1787 the pioneering Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Thoughts on the African Slave Trade (1788) by the sailor,...
This 1786 publication is a translation of a prizewinning Latin essay written by Thomas Clarkson (1760 1846) at Cambridge the previous year. Clarkson's...
Celebrated, revered, and studied, whales hold particular allure, but for much of history they have been relentlessly hunted throughout the oceans. "A Savage History" is a powerful account of a complex and bloody relationship that tells the rich history of whales and whaling, following the stories of whalers from the 18th century to the present day. It explores not only the drama and danger of whaling but the ways in which whales have infused human imagination throughout history. The book also covers the end of industrial whaling and the work still to do to protect these magnificent and...
Celebrated, revered, and studied, whales hold particular allure, but for much of history they have been relentlessly hunted throughout the oceans. ...
