As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John ...

The haunting hymn "Amazing Grace" was penned by the anti-slavery advocate John Newton when he landed in Donegal, safe, having survived a shipwreck. His arrival on Irish shores marked the ...

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 ...

You could say that John Newton was born again . . . at least several times during his life. In his youth he ridiculed Christianity, only to later become a minister. Born a free man, he was ...

“Amazing Grace” survived, particularly in the United ... How do you explain the fact that John Newton, a former slave trader, wrote a hymn that’s treasured by enslaved people and their ...

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

With few allies such as his mentor, John Newton (Albert Finney), a slave ship Captain turned repentant Priest who penned the hymn, "Amazing Grace", future Prime Minister William Pitt (Benedict ...

The lyrics to "Amazing Grace" were penned by former British slave trader turned abolitionist and pastor John Newton in 1772. "Some 60 years later in America, the text was set to the hymn tune ...

“Amazing Grace” is now part of the hymnbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Christian classic composed by 18th-century English cleric and abolitionist John Newton has ...