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. -First Stanza of “Amazing Grace”
The story behind the hymn “Amazing Grace” has been told often, including in the movie “Freedom” and in the biographical film “Newton’s Grace.” John Newton, the author of “Amazing Grace,” had been a slave trader who had a conversion experience in 1748.
Following a mutiny by his crew, Newton was put ashore on Sierra Leone and forced to work on a lemon and lime plantation, becoming virtually a slave h…
