The Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace” has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

ONE of the most well-known songs of the past 300 years is “Amazing Grace”. But not many people know that it was originally written to ...