John Newton and His Hymn: Amazing Grace

[@Akziis]

Amazing! An assignment in my college music class requiring a song I value (Forrest Frank - Amazing Grace) brought me here.

[@dieudotshibangumuhy713]

I understand why i burnst into tears😢 when i listen Amazing Grace, it's a wonderfull wonder song !!!

[@denisearmstrong77]

Very thorough and well-delivered report! God bless you! Grace! Grace! Amazing!!!

[@faithlasela1851]

So powerful. Torching! Thank you

[@angeldbird]

John Newton :"Newton went to sea at a young age and worked on slave ships in the slave trade for several years. *In 1745, he himself became a slave of Princess Peye, a woman of the Sherbro people. He was rescued, returned to sea and the trade, becoming Captain of several slave ships.* After retiring from active sea-faring, he continued to invest in the slave trade. Some years after experiencing a conversion to Christianity, Newton later renounced his trade and became a prominent supporter of abolitionism. Now an evangelical, he was ordained as a Church of England cleric and served as parish priest at Olney, Buckinghamshire, for two decades. He also wrote hymns, including "Amazing Grace" and "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken".

[@rhondae8222]

Thanks for sharing.

[@slcncr]

You missed something *very* important: Yes, John Newton wrote the lyrics of this legendary song, but the melody was originally composed by an unknown slave, not by him.

[@Brian-isatree4yhvh]

Thank you..good info

[@tracychen2493]

🙏🙏🙏

[@jasonstafford2840]

Thank God for His Amazing Grace and the gift that He gave to the whole world through John Newton 🎶🎵🎶🎵🙏♥️🙌✝️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dpollock333]

Amen!

[@IrvinMcQueen-ri1fe]

J9hn Ñewton was saved