Jan 1 - Amazing Grace

Today the Anglican Priest John Newton introduced a new hymn called I Chronicles 17.16-172 this has since became known as Amazing Grace, We look at how it has  become one of the most popular hymns of all time 

Transcript

Welcome to the Pearl of Great Price podcast, it’s the first of January and on this day in Christian History, we travel back to the year 1773. The Anglican priest and former slave trader, John Newton, was delivering his new year sermon in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. As his sermon came to an end he introduced a new hymn, with the cumbersome title of "1 Chronicles 17:16–172”. This Hymn has since become known as "Amazing Grace”.  It took roots and became popular in the United States during the early nineteenth century when it was used by Baptist and Methodist preachers during a period of evangelical revival called the second great awakening.  According to the Dictionary of American Hymnology, "Amazing Grace" is John Newton's spiritual autobiography.,,,,,