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

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE") ROBESON: (Singing) I see. BALABAN: But he digresses. Back to John Newton. WALVIN: Here is a man of God who writes a very godly hymn, but who actually was ...

Dr Martin Clark, head of music at the Open University ... who delivered the Amazing Grace sermon at the event, said it was an "iconic hymn for black people". "[That is] pretty strange in the ...

When Phyllis Adams and Leila Bolden stood in the middle of Washington National Cathedral on Thursday to sing President Jimmy Carter home with a stirring rendition of “Amazing Grace,” it was a song ...

The country's top 10 hymns were revealed in a Songs of Praise ... included Fairground Attraction singer Eddi Reader singing Amazing Grace and Daniel O'Donnell singing In Christ Alone from the ...

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 Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Ne ...

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