The hymn's first lines always choke me up. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see." John Newton's "Amazing Grace" ...

With lyrics by poet John Newton and initially published in 1779, "Amazing Grace" is a classic Christian hymn that eventually ...

John Newton’s “Amazing Grace” has been sung in churches around ... I can’t help but think the original lyrics are right for us in this time: We are wretches. Any time I write about my ...

The singing of "Amazing Grace" brought an entire packed room of White House staffers to their feet Thursday during a pre-Easter service held at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The Daily Signal's Elizabeth ...

John Newton, who wrote the poem behind the song ... Commons in 1804 and the House of Lords in 1807. Today, the lyrics of Amazing Grace remind those who understand how difficult it was to change ...

John Newton: Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly. I'm a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior. John Newton: God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.