Amazing Grace - Hymn of Hymns

Faith's Review and Expectation

"Amazing Grace" was composed between 1760 and 1770 although it was not listed under this name in the Olney hymns. It appears under the title: "Faith's Review and Expectation" and has the Scripture reference of 1 Chronicles 17:16-17.

Rev. John Newton (1725-1807). John Newton wrote a song that told the story of his life. 1 Chronicles 17:16 was the verse that inspired him to write Faith's Review And Expectation. The verse reads, "And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?" The verse of the song that reflects the 1 Chronicles passage reads this way - "Thro' many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home."

You might be thinking "Wait a minute. That is not Faith's Review and Expectation, that is Amazing Grace%u2026how sweet the sound, that sav'd a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see!" To be sure, the song is Amazing Grace, perhaps the most beloved song of all times. The original title was Faith's Review%u2026. (From Faith's Review and Expectation)

Several additiona l Stanza have been added dince the original Faith's Review and Expectation

Most Popular: (From A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790 -where there are many other additions)

When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we'd first begun.

Link Resources on Amazing Grace:
Yhr Song Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace -- Lyrics, Authorship, and Renditions
Amazing Grace: The Movie Website
Faith's Review and Expectation
Amazing Grace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elvis Presley - Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace (2006)
Amazing Grace (Performing Arts Encyclopedia, The Library of Congress)
Amazing Grace: The Story of John Newton
Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace in Cherokee

"The song, "Amazing Grace", has great significance for the Cherokee.
Seventy years after John Newton composed the lyrics for this hymn, thousands of displaced Cherokees sang the hymn as they were herded along the tragic Trail of Tears (1838-1839). In 1830 the U.S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The Cherokee Trail of Tears resulted from the enforcement of the Treaty of New Echota, an agreement signed under the provisions of the Indian Removal Act. Cherokee men, women, and children were forced to travel 1000 miles west, often on foot, to new reservations."

"Newton had given up all religious convictions with his mother's death when he was a child. However, on one of his homeward voyages (as a slave ship captain), a violent storm ensued and he found himself desperately steering the ship for his life. He recorded in his journal that it was here that God intervened with a "great deliverance" and mercy upon all of them. May 10, 1748, was the day he celebrated as his conversion. Saving Grace was awakened in him." He later becomes a preacher and works with the poet William Cowper who relocated with Newton at Olney, They jointly began a series of weekly prayer meetings. Their goal was to write a new hymn for each week (see Olney Hymns). Amazing Grace was written between 176-1770,
(Read the entire article: The Song Amazing Grace)

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A Glimpse of John Newton from Wikipedia:
John Henry Newton, Jr. (July 24, 1725 - December 21, 1807) was an Anglican clergyman and former slave-ship captain. He was the author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace. (Read More)

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