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 ...

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 ...

John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in ... Merrill Matthews is a public policy and political analyst and the co-author of “On the Edge: America Faces the ...

“Amazing Grace!” Probably one of the most known and sung songs in Christianity. Author John Newton certainly did have an understanding of “saving grace.” Newton was a slave ship owner who ...

The "Welcome to Olney" sign proudly proclaims it as the "Home of Amazing Grace". The hymn was written in the town by curate - and former slave ship captain - the Reverend John Newton, for his ...

The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years.

John Newton was curate of St Peter and Paul's Church in Olney, Buckinghamshire, between 1764 and 1780. During that time he wrote the hymn Amazing Grace. Churchwarden David Phillipson said the ...