If You Haven’t Seen And Listened To This Video Then You Have Never Heard Amazing Grace
February 24th, 2009
John Newton, a former slave ship captain, wrote the lyrics to Amazing Grace after his repentance for the sins of his work and his conversion to Christianity. The words are credited to Newton but the melody is not attributed to anyone, the composer is unknown. In this video Wintley Phipps makes a convencing case that Newton used the melody of a West African sorrow chant.