{"id":16710,"date":"2022-06-10T18:28:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=140077"},"modified":"2022-06-16T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T12:59:09","slug":"what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the lyrics to \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Who wrote the lyrics to \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Former slave ship captain and clergyman John Newton wrote the famous hymn \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019 in 1772, for his 1793 New Year\u2019s Day service. The hymn\u2019s emotional lyrics tell Newton\u2019s story, how he believed God saved him and showed him the errors of his ways. The hymn was then published in 1779 as part of the Olney Hymns<\/a>, a group of hymns he and his poet friend, William Cowper wrote.\u00a0 It was set to the now very familiar tune in 1835 by American composer William Walker. We named \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019 one of the best hymns of all time<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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What are the lyrics to the hymn, \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019?<\/h2>\n
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Amazing grace, how sweet the sound\nThat saved a wretch like me\nI once was lost, but now I am found\nWas blind, but now I see<\/div>\n
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\u2018Twas grace that taught my heart to fear\nAnd grace my fears relieved\nHow precious did that grace appear\nThe hour I first believed<\/div>\n
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Through many dangers, toils and snares\nWe have already come\n\u2018Twas grace has brought us safe thus far\nAnd grace will lead us home<\/div>\n
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When we\u2019ve been there ten thousand years\nBright, shining as the sun\nWe\u2019ve no less days to sing God\u2019s praise\nThan when we\u2019ve first begun<\/div>\n
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Amazing grace, how sweet the sound\nThat saved a wretch like me\nI once was lost, but now I am found\nWas blind, but now I see<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>Who was John Newton?<\/h2>\n<p>When he left the navy atheist Newton became involved with the slave trade as a ship captain. Although he remained a captain until 1754-5, his conversion to the Christian faith began in 1748 when a violent storm battered his ship, causing him to ask God for mercy. As a result he started questioning his role in the slave trade, and studying Christianity. He later became an abolitionist, as well as a clergyman, working alongside William Wilberforce to abolish the slave trade, which finally happened in 1807 just before his death.<\/p>\n<h2>Is \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019 about slavery?<\/h2>\n<p>The hymn \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019 is not about slavery but it is associated with the trade as its author John Newton was an abolitionist. Another famous song with slavery links is <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/swing-low-sweet-chariot-lyrics\/"\">\u00a0\u2018Swing Low, Sweet Chariot\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2006 film Amazing Grace featured John Newton\u2019s and William Wilberforce\u2019s fight to abolish the slave trade.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Amazing-Grace-Ioan-Gruffudd\/dp\/B0117DCXB2?tag=classicalm05c-21&ascsubtag=classicalmusic-0"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""sponsored" noopener noreferrer\">Buy the DVD from Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<iframe title=\""Amazing\" grace=\"\" movie=\"\" trailer=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q6Cv5P9H9qU?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p><strong>Find more <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/tag\/famous-hymn-lyrics\/"\">lyrics to famous hymns<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top image by Getty Images<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Music Magazine Published: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 12:00 am Who wrote the lyrics to \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019? Former slave ship captain and clergyman John Newton wrote the famous hymn \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019 in 1772, for his 1793 New Year\u2019s Day service. The hymn\u2019s emotional lyrics tell Newton\u2019s story, how he believed God saved him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16711,"template":"","categories":[1,17],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace.jpg",1882,1255,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022\/06\/what-are-the-lyrics-to-amazing-grace.jpg",1882,1255,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By BBC Music Magazine Published: Friday, 10 June 2022 at 12:00 am Who wrote the lyrics to \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019? Former slave ship captain and clergyman John Newton wrote the famous hymn \u2018Amazing Grace\u2019 in 1772, for his 1793 New Year\u2019s Day service. The hymn\u2019s emotional lyrics tell Newton\u2019s story, how he believed God saved him…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/16710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}