then embarked on a life of sin. He was harsh, rough, immoral and profane; many called him "The Great Blasphemer."
For two years Newton worked for a slave trader in West Africa. The slave trader and his wife mistreated and humiliated Newton, and he was often hungry and in need. Finally, in 1747 he escaped.
The next year he boarded the ship The Greyhound for England, but a violent north Atlantic storm nearly sunk it. As the storm raged, Newton remembered what his mother had taught him and recalled Proverbs 1:24-31. That day --
