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{{summary | text=Amazing Grace is one the world's most famous =Synopsis==[[hymn]]sImage:Olney_church. Written by the once slave trader, [[jpg|thumb|The church in Olney where John Newtonworked]], it describes the amazing realization a [[Christian]] has when he realizes that he is saved not through his own works, but by [[God]]'s loving [[grace]].}}
{{overviewAmazing Grace is one the world's most famous [[hymn]]s. Written by the once slave trader, [[John Newton]], it describes the amazing realization a [[Christian]] has when he realizes that he is saved not through his own works, but by [[God]]'s loving [[grace]].}} ==Contents==
{{links}}==Main article== Amazing Grace is probably one of the best known [[hymn]]s in the world today. It is especially popular in the [[United States]]. The words tell of the [[grace]] of [[God]] - the gift of forgiveness and life that he gives to us freely. 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. ===Words=== <pre>Amazing grace, how sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like meI once was lost, but now am foundWas blind but now I see It was grace that taught my heart to fearAnd grace my fears relievedHow precious did that grace appearThe hour I first believed Through many dangers, toils and snaresI have already overcomeIt was grace that led me safe thus farAnd grace will bring me home When we've been there a thousand yearsBright shining as the sunWe've no less days to sing God's praiseThan when we first begun</pre> ==Links==
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{{quote | text=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)}}
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* [http://www.virtualchurch.org/midi/amazing.mid Listen to Amazing Grace Version]
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