Little Gray Songs from St. Joseph'sGrace Fallow NortonIWith cassock black, baret and book,
Father Saran goes by;
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(Encyclopedia) Newton, John, 1725–1807, English clergyman and hymn writer, b. London. Until 1755, his life was spent chiefly at sea, where he eventually became the captain of a slave ship plying the…
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