Amazing Grace

(Formerly The Ol'Kunnel's Bar And Grill)

A one-time sailor and slave trader, John Newton (1725-1807) abandoned his profligate life after nearly perishing in a storm at sea. Becoming an Anglican minister, he kept his congregations in awe with his hellfire-and-brimstone sermons, which he preached in his stentorian voice while wearing his sea captain's uniform. He also was famed for hymn texts such as "Amazing Grace." Newton's moving confessional lyrics were coupled with an anonymous American melody and first published in a "shape-note" hymnal in 1831. A wider secular audience discovered it in 1971, when Judy Collins' recording became a pop hit. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards--with a full complement of bagpipes-- cemented "Amazing Grace's" popularity the following year. But its true domain is America's houses of worship, where it remains a corner stone of the faith.

Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Thro' many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis grace hath bro't me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear.
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.

Must Jesus bear the cross alone
And all the world go free?
No, there's a cross for ev'ry one
And there's a cross for me.

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