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Hymns and Tunes #344
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Date: 1876
Hymns and Tunes #344
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Zion, the city of our God
Author: John Newton
John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumultuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >Arrangements
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Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1352
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Author: John Newton Date: 1886
Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1352
Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons 3rd Am. from 9th London ed. #d285
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Author: John Newton Date: 1840
Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons 3rd Am. from 9th London ed. #d285
Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d263
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Author: John Newton Date: 1826
Hymns, Selected from Various Authors, for the Use of Young Persons #d263
Millennial Harp #C51
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Date: 1846
Millennial Harp #C51
Millennial Harp #M51
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Date: 1842
Millennial Harp #M51
Millennial Musings #d117
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Author: John Newton Date: 1841
Millennial Musings #d117
The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #118b
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Date: 1849
The Advent Harp; designed for believers in the speedy coming of Christ #118b
The Christian Hymn Book #d740
Display Title: Asking the way to Zion First Line: Zion, the city of our God Author: John Newton Date: 1846
The Christian Hymn Book #d740
The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d741
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Author: John Newton Date: 1855
The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d741
The Christian Psalmist #S50
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Author: John Newton Date: 1840
The Christian Psalmist #S50
The New and Most Complete Collection of Camp, Social and Prayer Meeting Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use #276
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Date: 1830
The New and Most Complete Collection of Camp, Social and Prayer Meeting Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use #276
The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #983
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Tune Title: ST. PETER Author: Anon. Date: 1886 Subject: Reward of Saints |
The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #983
Vestry Harmonies #54b
Display Title: Zion, the city of our God First Line: Zion, the city of our God Date: 1868
Vestry Harmonies #54b
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