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John Newton on film?(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
There was a time when I thought that Amazing Grace ("The Man Behind Amazing Grace," August 9 issue) was simply an old black spiritual of nameless origin. Then, many years ago, I read extensively about John Newton. Your author, John White, must have had a very difficult time deciding what to leave out of his brief biography of John Newton. His life was the sort of story one would use for a Spielberg movie full of adventure, something like Star Wars.
Newton had many very narrow escapes from death, and was overwhelmed by the realization that his survival must have meant that God had some ...
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