An English clergyman by the name of John Newton wrote Amazing Grace in 1772 and the song was published in 1779. Newton was in the Royal Navy but went into the slave trade and in 1748 a violent storm came, and it was so severe that he cried out to God. This changed his life, and he went and studied Christian theology and was ordained in 1764 in the church of England.
He began to write hymns at this time in a town called Olney Buckinghamshire with a poet named William Cowper. The Hymn was written to illustrate a sermon that was preached in 1773 on New Year's Day. No one knows if it was just chanted or if there was background music. The debut of the Hymn was in the Olney Hymns which was printed in 1779.
This song came to be because of a storm and a call out to God. If that storm hadn't happened he never would have been a Christian and the song never written.
Amazing Grace by John Newton
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.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
Have an amazing grace day!!!
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