“Amazing grace,” intoned the eulogist, and repeated it. He began to sing: “how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me,” and the congregation, a bit startled, joined in, as the ...

Near the end of the 39-minute speech, he got to the heart of the text. "If we can tap that grace, everything can change," Obama said. "Amazing grace," he continued, repeating the words once more ...

President Obama sings “Amazing Grace” during services honoring the life of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, at the College of Charleston TD Arena in Charleston, S.C., June 26, 2015.

Sung an estimated 10 million times each year, "Amazing Grace" marks its 250th anniversary this New Year's Day. It was born not of American Black spirituals as some believe, but across the Atlantic ...

But that’s wasn’t the first time Amazing Grace was heard, and certainly not the last. I imagine the entire world jumped to its feet when then-President Barack Obama started an a cappella ...

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99. I n 2015 Barack Obama gave the eulogy at a funeral service in Charleston, South Carolina, for a black ...

The Rev. John Newton's hymn "Amazing Grace" has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting the Christian view of man as a fallen creature who can do nothing to save ...