Newton on Handel’s Messiah
5 Minutes in Church History with Stephen Nichols
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Handel's Messiah - The Opening Line
john newton preached handel's messiah in westminster abbey and may or june of 17 84. He says, if you were not able to hear it, ere long death shall rend the veil hides eternal things from our view. And so he led his congregation by the hand, starting with isaiah, chapter forty, verse one.
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