Classic Hymns From The Shadowlands

Amazing Grace is a Christian hymn published in 1779 with words written by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton 17251807 Newton wrote the words from personal experience He grew up without any particular religious conviction but his lifes path was formed by a variety of twists and coincidences that were often put into motion by others reactions to what they took as his recalcitrant insubordination He was pressed conscripted into service in the Royal Navy and after leaving the service he became involved in the Atlantic slave trade In 1748 a violent storm battered his vessel off the coast of County Donegal Ireland so severely that he called out to God for mercy a moment that marked his spiritual conversion He continued his slave trading career until 1754 or 1755 when he ended his seafaring altogether and began studying Christian theologysource wikipedia httpsenwikipediaorgwikiAmazingGrace Lyrics1Amazing grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like meI once was lost but now am found Was blin