the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Newton’s New Year’s Day sermon in 1773, 252 years ago ...

The hymn's first lines always choke me up. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see." John Newton's "Amazing Grace" ...

My name is John Newton and I want to tell you my story. I am an old man of eighty, which is a good age to reach, but when I look back on my life…well, I’m not happy about some of the things I ...

Clergyman John Newton, a former slave ship captain, wrote the hymn Amazing Grace, first published in 1779. In 1780 he was appointed Rector of the Lord Mayor’s Church in London and many came to ...

The hymn’s first lines always choke me up. “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.” John Newton’s ...