Amazing grace thomas newton composer biography
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Amazing Grace
Christian hymn by John Newton
For other uses, see Amazing Grace (disambiguation).
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in , written in by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (–). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes.[1][2][3]
Newton wrote the words from personal experience; he grew up without any particular religious conviction, but his life's 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 into service with the Royal Navy, and after leaving the service, he became involved in the Atlantic slave trade. In , a violent storm battered his vessel off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, so severely that he called out to God for mercy. While this moment mark
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It was years ago today, on the first of January, that a congregation in the market town of Olney in England first sang the hymn “Amazing Grace.”
It didn&#;t become popular right away. But gradually it spread among churches of all denominations in amerika. It became a revival song on the western frontier and an African American spiritual in black churches and a standard in 20th-century hymnbooks. Then it crossed over into the commercial marketplace in the age of radio with recording artists like Mahalia Jackson in and Judy Collins in
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Since then, it has become the most popular and well-known hymn in the world. And it has gone not just bred but deep. It&#;s to this song that people turn when tragedy strikes. When all hope fryst vatten lost, we sing “Amazing Grace.”
For all its familiarity, though, there are still many things you probably didn&#;t know about “Amazing Grace.”
1. The Library of Congress has an fantastisk ‘Amazing Grace’ collection.
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John Newton ( &#; )
&#;I was born in London the 24th of July, , old style. My parents, though not wealthy, were respectable.&#; *
As a boy, John Newton lived in Red Lyon Street, Wapping not far from the Tower of London. (John Roque&#;s map of London )His mother, Elizabeth Newton died when he was young and whilst his father was at sea.
‘My father was then at sea (he was a commander in the Mediterranean trade at that time) : he came home the following year, and soon after married again.&#;
After a few years at school, John Newton began his career as a seafarer with his father, Captain John Newton. He undertook 5 Mediterranean voyages, including a short and unsuccessful period in Alicante, Spain working for a merchant friend of his father.
‘ ; but my unsettled behaviour, and impatience of restraint, rendered that design abortive.‘
Through Joseph Manesty, a friend of John&#;s father, it was then arranged for him to go to Jamaica to be trained as a manager of a sugar pla