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 ...

Clergyman John Newton, a former slave ship captain, wrote the hymn Amazing Grace, first published in 1779. In 1780 he was appointed Rector of the Lord Mayor’s Church in London and many came to ...

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 ...