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"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes. [1] [2] [3]
Arguably the best-known Christian hymn is "Amazing Grace." Its text, a poem penned in 1772 by John Newton, describes the joy and peace of a soul uplifted from despair to salvation through the gift of grace.
Almost 200 years after Newton wrote its lyrics, “Amazing Grace” became the ballad of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, it was sung at many Martin Luther King Jr. rallies by...
In 1972, ‘Amazing grace’ topped the UK charts with The Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guard. And in 2015, President Obama famously sang it unaccompanied after delivering a eulogy for Rev Clementa Pinckney, who was shot dead along with eight members of the congregation , at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston ...
It was 250 years ago today, on the first of January, that a congregation in the market town of Olney in England first sang the hymn “Amazing Grace.” It didn’t become popular right away. But gradually it spread among churches of all denominations in America.
"Amazing Grace" was originally written in 1773, and the definitive, iconic music was finally added in 1835 when William Walker paired them with existing music and called it "New Britain." But it took a phenomenon known as the Second Great Awakening to transform the song into a universally loved piece of music.
The Web site contains the very first printing of “Amazing Grace,” in “Olney Hymns in Three Books,” by Englishman John Newton, published in 1779. The hymn describes the joy and peace of a soul uplifted from despair to salvation through the gift of grace.
It was an American composer, William Walker, who in 1835 set the song to the melody we most commonly sing today, referred to as the “New Britain” version. Since then, the song has been deeply intertwined with American history.
The born-again Jimmy Carter was the first recent President to embrace Amazing Grace, singing it with everyone from Willie Nelson to Senate Majority leader Robert Byrd. But this spiritual is...
John Newton wrote the words to "Amazing Grace" in 1772. It was not for another 60 years that the text was wed to the tune to which it is sung today. Olney Hymns in Three Books was published in London in 1779, containing only the words to hymns that were linked to specific sermon themes and Biblical references.