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As leader of this Society, John approached Rev. Richard Johnson on September 23, 1786 with a visionary proposal to be the chaplain and missionary on the first fleet to the land Down Under.
As leader of this Society, John approached Rev. Richard Johnson on September 23, 1786 with a visionary proposal to be the chaplain and missionary on the first fleet to the land Down Under.
Newton was crystal clear about the cost involved to embark on such a grand journey, and the call required to undertake such a glorious mission. He wrote'':“A minister who should go to Botany Bay without a call from the Lord, and without receiving from Him an apostolic spirit, the spirit of a missionary, enabling him to forsake all, to give up all, to venture all, to put himself into the Lord’s hands without reserve, to sink or swim, had better run his head against a brick wall.”''John Newton by Richard Cell P.178)
Newton was crystal clear about the cost involved to embark on such a grand journey, and the call required to undertake such a glorious mission. He wrote'':“A minister who should go to Botany Bay without a call from the Lord, and without receiving from Him an apostolic spirit, the spirit of a missionary, enabling him to forsake all, to give up all, to venture all, to put himself into the Lord’s hands without reserve, to sink or swim, had better run his head against a brick wall.”'' (John Newton by Richard Cell P.178)
God blessed Newton’s ministry and enlarged its boundaries from England’s banking district to Australia’s Botany Bay. Rev. Johnson accepted Newton’s proposal, and the rest is Australian history. The Rev. N. K. Macintosh wrote'':“Richard Johnson conducted the first Christian service on Australian soil at 10 a.m. on Sunday 3 February 1788.'' (The Reverend Richard Johnson by N. K. Macintosh P.8)
God blessed Newton’s ministry and enlarged its boundaries from England’s banking district to Australia’s Botany Bay. Rev. Johnson accepted Newton’s proposal, and the rest is Australian history. The Rev. N. K. Macintosh wrote'':“Richard Johnson conducted the first Christian service on Australian soil at 10 a.m. on Sunday 3 February 1788.'' (The Reverend Richard Johnson by N. K. Macintosh P.8)