In the winter of 1772 in Olney England, clergyman and poet John Newton started writing one of the most famous songs of all time. Eventually published in 1779, Newton initially wrote “Amazing ...

The lyrics of Amazing Grace by John Newton touch hearts with a message of grace, redemption, and inner healing.

The first half of Amazing Grace ends with Newton escaping being tossed overboard by the slaver's master as a "Jonah" through his bravery when the ship all-but foundered during a storm. As men do in ...

St. Peter and St. Paul Church, in Olney, England, was home to curate John Newton from 1764 to 1780 and is where “Amazing Grace” was first sung on January 1, 1773. (Photograph by Brian ...

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99 I n 2015 Barack Obama gave the eulogy at a funeral service in Charleston, South Carolina, for a black ...

6 / 10 New musicals that open in the summer tend to be ill-fated, and 'Amazing Grace,' which purports to tell the 'awe-inspiring true story' (so says the news release, anyway) of John Newton (Josh ...

The words to ‘Amazing Grace’ were written by a clergyman with his own catalog of sins to repent. The tune we all know came later.

This new oratorio by Josh Bauder tells the story of John Newton, the 18th-century prodigal and slaver who, after his dramatic conversion to Christianity, became a faithful pastor and abolitionist.

John Newton, a former slave ship captain, penned "Amazing Grace" after seeing his own need for grace. His story echoes ours: "wretches saved by grace." Like him, we were lost but found, blind but ...

“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, “Amazing Grace” (1779) My experience with ...

Composed by the Anglican abolitionist John Newton, “Amazing Grace” was one of the many Emma Smith, wife of the faith’s founder, Joseph Smith, included in the 1841 hymnbook she curated for ...

Reviews John Newton – Amazing Grace (tour – Cambridge) Committed theatre, be that based on faith or on politics, needs to work harder for its audience than the majority of straightforward productions.