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

The captain said Newton was the most foul-mouthed and offensive person he had encountered in the entire slave trade, to the point he even invented new obscenities.

In 1779 he published a collection, "The Olney Hymns," in which he placed 281 of his own poems, including what is now the lyrics to "Amazing Grace." John Newton died in 1807 at age 82.

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 ...

We’ve Sung ‘Amazing Grace’ for 250 Years. We’ve Only Just Begun. Daniel Johnson Why John Newton’s famous hymn is still so powerful after so long.

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 ...

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 ...

Revival of Amazing Grace We need a revival of grace. John Newton, a former slave ship captain, penned "Amazing Grace" after seeing his own need for grace.

In fact, the link between “Amazing Grace” and slavery is clear and fairly obvious: the author of “Amazing Grace,” John Newton, had been an Atlantic slave trader in early life.

Thanks to Christopher Smith, "Amazing Grace," John Newton's 18th century hymn of redemption, is now part of the canon of Broadway show tunes. Smith is the creator of the musical by the same name ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Gabe Barre, director of Amazing Grace: The Musical, which is currently playing at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.

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.