Says author James Walvin: ‘its words speak to a human condition of suffering, and people coming out of suffering, and its ...

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 ...

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 ...

If America had a national folk hymn, Amazing Grace would probably be it. This well-loved and often sung hymn, written by John Newton in the late eighteenth century, is a powerful assurance   of the ...