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''In brief'': Amazing Grace is probably one of the best known [[hymn]]s in the world's most famous hymnstoday. Written by It is especially popular in the once slave trader, [[John NewtonUnited States]], it describes . The words tell of the amazing realization a Christian has when he realizes that he is saved not through his own works, but by God's loving [[grace]]of [[God]] - the gift of forgiveness and life that he gives to us freely.
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'''Overviews'''It was grace that taught my heart to fear* [[About the song Amazing Grace]]And grace my fears relievedHow precious did that grace appearThe hour I first believed
'''Chords and sheet music'''
* [[Grace Like Rain (Todd Agnew) (chords)]]
* [[Amazing Grace (sheet music)]]
'''Audio'''
* [[Media:Amazing.ogg|Amazing Grace midi file]]
'''See also'''
* [[John Newton]]
* [[Amazing Grace]]
* [[Grace]]
* [[Todd Agnew]]
* [[Olney]]
* [[Justification, salvation and grace]]
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'''External links'''==Video==<YouTube>title=Amazing gracehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdvReNKKuk&rel=1embed_source_url=http://www.youtube.com/v/CDdvReNKKuk&rel=1wrap = yeswidth=500height=400</YouTube>
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{{quote | cellspacingtext="3" cellpadding="3"|- valign="top"|width="100%" class="MainPageBG" style="border: 1px solid #ffddc0; color: #000; background-color: #ffffee"|''This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood... ([[Romans 3]]: 22-25)''}}{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = Amazing Grace [[Image:Olney_church.jpg|thumb|center|The church in Olney where John Newton worked]] | subtopics = [[Amazing Grace (lyrics)]]* [[Amazing Grace (sheet music)]]* [[Media:Amazing.ogg|Amazing Grace midi file]]* Related songs: [[Grace Like Rain (song)|Grace Like Rain]]* [[John Newton]]* [[Grace]] | opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}| }}
The hymn was written by [[John Newton]], an English man who was born in 1725. As a young man he was captain of a ship that was used for slave-trading. During one voyage he cried out to God for mercy as the ship was tossed about in a storm. His ship was spared and John Newton began his walk towards [[Christ]]. He continued to be a slave trader for some years but there was a slow transformation and within the next 20 years Newton had given up this life and had become the parish priest of Olney, a village near London. Whilst here he wrote the the words to the famous hymn, Amazing Grace.
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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
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already overcome
It was grace that led me safe thus far
And grace will bring me home
When we'''Words'''ve been there a thousand years* [[Amazing Grace (lyrics)|Words to Amazing Grace]]Bright shining as the sun* [[Grace Like Rain (Todd Agnew) (lyrics)|Lyrics We've no less days to Todd Agnewsing God's version Grace Like Rain]]praiseThan when we first begun</pre>
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==Links==* [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace Wikisource - Amazing Grace] With extra verses.* [http://www.virtualchurchhymnswithoutwords.orgcom/midihymns/amazingFile:Amazing_grace.mid Listen to mp3 Free MP3 version of Amazing Grace Version 1for use in public and private worship] and * [http://www.virtualchurch.org/midi/amagraceamazing.mid Listen to Amazing Grace Version 2]{{LMW|Amazing_Grace LifeMusic Wiki}}
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