2007-01-31 09:39:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The words were written c. 1772 by John Newton; they form a part of the Olney Hymns that he worked on, with William Cowper and other hymnodists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_grace
2007-01-31 09:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
John Newton
2007-01-31 17:43:58 · answer #2 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Newton(1725–1807) was on board a slave ship. On May 10th, 1748 returning home during a storm he experienced a "great deliverance[citation needed]." In his journal he wrote that the ship was in grave danger of sinking. He exclaimed "Lord, have mercy upon us!" He was converted, though he continued in the business of slave trading[citation needed].
Many years later he left the slave trade and eventually became a minister.
2007-01-31 17:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by Faceless 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amazing Grace was penned by a former slave trader, but only many decades after he'd left slave trading and seafaring behind and had become a minister of God.
2007-01-31 17:43:19 · answer #4 · answered by gigi s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not positive but most of the spiritual songs I have heard were written by a woman named Fanny Crosby. Like I said I am not positive on it though.
2007-01-31 17:45:08 · answer #5 · answered by Elvis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're referring to the hymn, it was John Newton.
2007-01-31 17:42:44 · answer #6 · answered by Navigator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
john newton
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2007-01-31 18:16:23 · answer #7 · answered by dsw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
newton
2007-01-31 17:43:58 · answer #8 · answered by antagonist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋