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Others prepared the ground for the emergence of “Amazing Grace.” Isaac Watts released Christian worship from routines of metrical psalm singing with his Hymns and Spiritual Songs of 1707, which ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John ...

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Christian singer Phil Wickham is sharing the story behind one of his biggest songs, “This is Amazing Grace.” “Me and a ...

It’s one of the most popular hymns in the Christian songbook – but apparently the benefits of Amazing Grace are not purely spiritual. For scientists have discovered that belting out the much ...

It's heard around the world and still has the power to move. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE") PAUL ROBESON: (Singing) Amazing grace. SIMON: "Amazing Grace." The song was first performed on New ...

The last update includes songs known well in other Christian faiths, and this new update includes "Amazing Grace," which was composed in 1772 by English cleric and abolitionist John Newton.

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in ...