Spiritual letters

John Newton, the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace", an ex-slave trader, who was sold as a slave himself, whom God saved and converted on a sinking ship, and who afterward became a pastor. Pastor Newton had a great heart for God, an ability to teach those who listened to him, using many illustrations from a hard life, and from nature. These letters are a perfect example of his knowledge of "the truth as it is on Jesus" and his ability to communicate it to hungry souls for the face of God.