John Newton

I have been reading a book by John Piper, The Roots of Endurance, that includes a section on the author of Amazing Grace. His story is a great example of endurance. Newton writes about the life of a believer this way:

"And his faith upholds him under all trials, by assuring him that every dispensation is under the direction of his Lord; that chastisements are a token of his love; that the season, measure, and continuance of his sufferings, are appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and designed to work for his everlasting good; and that grace and strength shall be afforded to him, according to his day."