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 ...

The "Welcome to Olney" sign proudly proclaims it as the "Home of Amazing Grace". The hymn was written in the town by curate - and former slave ship captain - the Reverend John Newton, for his ...

The Olney Hymns, a collection published by John Newton and William Cowper in 1779, contained the first printed version of what would become “Amazing Grace.” The hymn crossed the Atlantic to an America ...

‘Amazing grace,” intoned the eulogist ... But, in an earlier part of his life, John Newton (1725-1807) captained numerous slave-trading voyages between West Africa and the Caribbean and ...

The results showed those who regularly had a go at Amazing Grace, written by clergyman and poet John Newton in 1772, saw the ...

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 ...

Seeking counsel, on July 21 he wrote a letter to his old friend and spiritual mentor John Newton—the former-slave-trader-turned-clergyman known today as the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace." ...

The last update includes songs known well in other Christian faiths, and this new update includes "Amazing Grace," which was composed in 1772 by English cleric and abolitionist John Newton.

John Newton's near-death experience prompted his hymn Amazing Grace. With Martin Bell, Judy Collins and Bob Zellner. From 2001. Show more A near-death experience in a storm at sea resulted in John ...

John Newton was curate of St Peter and Paul's Church in Olney, Buckinghamshire, between 1764 and 1780. During that time he wrote the hymn Amazing Grace. Churchwarden David Phillipson said the ...

I am dreading the upcoming holiday season because of some major issues in my family. With all the political tension going on ...