Amazing Grace - The Best, Most Beautiful Version - Will Give You Chills!

"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton (1725–1807).

Newton wrote the words from personal experience. He grew up without any particular religious conviction, but his life's path was formed by a variety of twists and coincidences that were often put into motion by his recalcitrant insubordination. He was pressed (conscripted) into service in the Royal Navy, and after leaving the service, he became involved in the Atlantic slave trade. In 1748, a violent storm battered his vessel off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, so severely that he called out to God for mercy, a moment that marked his spiritual conversion. He continued his slave trading career until 1754 or 1755, when he ended his seafaring altogether and began studying Christian theology.

Ordained in the Church of England in 1764, Newton became curate of Olney, Buckinghamshire, where he began to write hymns with poet William Cowper. "Amazing Grace" was written to illustrate a sermon on New Year's Day of 1773. It is unknown if there was any music accompanying the verses; it may have simply been chanted by the congregation. It debuted in print in 1779 in Newton and Cowper's Olney Hymns but settled into relative obscurity in England. In the United States, however, "Amazing Grace" was used extensively during the Second Great Awakening in the early 19th century. It has been associated with more than 20 melodies, but in 1835 it was joined to a tune named "New Britain" to which it is most frequently sung today.

With the message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of sins committed and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, "Amazing Grace" is one of the most recognisable songs in the English-speaking world. Author Gilbert Chase writes that it is "without a doubt the most famous of all the folk hymns", and Jonathan Aitken, a Newton biographer, estimates that it is performed about 10 million times annually.

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The Message of Amazing Grace:

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Lyrics:

Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.

’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.

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.

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Sung by Celtic Woman

[sffwqsu]

This song was so beautiful that it had me in tears of joy. 😁👍♥️♥️♥️...

[nemo]

Unto us are given exceedingly rare and precious promises

[TakeUsHomeYeshua]

There used to be a bagpipe player in city centre of Belfast who played this for me every time I saw him there. It's beautiful! Chills for sure! What an amazing God we serve!

[xvgjffggvj]

*leaving the resistance and joining the father*

[deborahduncan]

Just beautiful, tears streaming down my

[michealmoore]

not a church person but absolutely love this going through some tough times atm this makes me tear and smile all at once thank you

[juliehoward]

Thanks, praise and glory to our lord and savior Jesus Christ🖐💜

[Borka]

Thank you, it was a true blessing.
God Bless!

[janicegobin]

Chills indeed! Absolutely beautiful thank you unsealed.

[lindahamm]

I love bagpipes! Thank you for sharing. I also love Celtic Woman.

[stevenr.]

Yes it is a beautiful Song, it's also used at Police, & Fire Fighter's memorial's, Bag Pipes..👼👼

[anderianalfonso]

Its been so long. Always waiting for the upcoming upload. Really blessed.

[queenultimablackwolflewis]

I have seen Celtic Woman 2 times in concert and both times I loved it, but this song is from the album emerald this is the best version of the song sung by them.

[thankyoudearjesus]

I loved this!!
the "freedom from all afflictions" part can be VERY MISLEADING to the lost who will not understand that it is our SOULS....NOT US IN THIS LIFE.... that cannot be harmed. I'm sad that, in order to potentially share this as an evangelistic tool, I would need to go into deep explainations that wouldn't make any sense to the person, as they are not yet ABLE to understand...