query: who wrote the last verse of amazing grace

pos: Amazing Grace collection was enormously popular, selling about 600,000 copies all over the U.S. when the total population was just over 20 million. Another shape note tunebook named "The Sacred Harp" (1844) by Georgia residents Benjamin Franklin White and Elisha J. King became widely influential and continues to be used. Another verse was first recorded in Harriet Beecher Stowe's immensely influential 1852 anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Three verses were emblematically sung by Tom in his hour of deepest crisis. He sings the sixth and fifth verses in that order, and Stowe included another verse not written by Newton that had been

pos: Amazing Grace previously included by Harriet Beecher Stowe in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were published by Excell between 1900 and 1910, and his version of "Amazing Grace" became the standard form of the song in American churches. With the advent of recorded music and radio, "Amazing Grace" began to cross over from primarily a gospel standard to secular audiences. The ability to record combined with the marketing of records to specific audiences allowed "Amazing Grace" to take on thousands of different forms in the 20th century. Where Edwin Othello Excell sought to make the singing of "Amazing Grace" uniform throughout thousands of churches,

neg: Amazing Grace verse is called "crude but effective" in an overall composition that "suggest(s) a forceful, if simple, statement of faith". Grace is recalled three times in the following verse, culminating in Newton's most personal story of his conversion, underscoring the use of his personal testimony with his parishioners. The sermon preached by Newton was his last, of those that William Cowper heard in Olney, since Cowper's mental instability returned shortly thereafter. Steve Turner, author of "Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song", suggests Newton may have had his friend in mind, employing the themes of assurance and deliverance from

neg: Amazing Grace popularity of "Amazing Grace" is due to the absence of any mention of God in the lyrics until the fourth verse (by Excell's version, the fourth verse begins "When we've been there ten thousand years"), and that the song represents the ability of humanity to transform itself instead of a transformation taking place at the hands of God. "Grace", however, to John Newton had a clearer meaning, as he used the word to represent God or the power of God. The transformative power of the song was investigated by journalist Bill Moyers in a documentary released in 1990. Moyers was

neg: Amazing Grace (musical) Amazing Grace (musical) Amazing Grace is a musical with music and lyrics by Christopher Smith and a book by Smith and Arthur Giron. The musical is Smith's first foray as a professional writer or composer. It is based loosely on the life of John Newton, an English slave trader who later became an Anglican priest and eventually an abolitionist. He wrote many hymns, including "Amazing Grace". The musical had a 2012 production by Goodspeed Musicals in Connecticut and a pre-Broadway run in Chicago in 2014. It opened on Broadway on July 16, 2015 and closed on October 25, 2015. It

neg: Amazing Grace century, occasionally appearing on popular music charts. According to the "Dictionary of American Hymnology" "Amazing Grace" is John Newton's spiritual autobiography in verse. In 1725, Newton was born in Wapping, a district in London near the Thames. His father was a shipping merchant who was brought up as a Catholic but had Protestant sympathies, and his mother was a devout Independent unaffiliated with the Anglican Church. She had intended Newton to become a clergyman, but she died of tuberculosis when he was six years old. For the next few years, Newton was raised by his emotionally distant stepmother while his

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? "spiritual self-help genre" in 2007. According to Mousley, Yancey's quotation from "The Merchant of Venice" demonstrates the author's moral universalism; Yancey views Shakespeare as a sage who conveyed universally applicable morals, a perspective contradicting most contemporary literary critics who distrust moral universalism, using historicism to contextualize Shakespeare's religious views. Dean Poling of "The Valdosta Daily Times" wrote in 2008 that, in "What's So Amazing About Grace?", "Yancey writes about faith in a clear, honest, and inquisitive style" consistent with his other books. In 2010, a "Herald Express" journalist called the book "hardhitting" and "gritty". "What's So Amazing About Grace?" was

neg: Amazing Grace it. According to Newton, unconverted sinners were "blinded by the god of this world" until "mercy came to us not only undeserved but undesired ... our hearts endeavored to shut him out till he overcame us by the power of his grace." The New Testament served as the basis for many of the lyrics of "Amazing Grace". The first verse, for example, can be traced to the story of the Prodigal Son. In the Gospel of Luke the father says, "For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost, and is found". The story of

neg: Walking in Memphis Walking in Memphis "Walking in Memphis" is a song composed and originally recorded by the American singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, for whom it remains his signature song. He has said the song is "100 percent autobiographical". He described it as a song about "a Jewish gospel-music-lover", and as It reflects on Cohn's experience as a Jew who feels the Gospel spirit of Memphis. The last verse refers to Cohn's inspirational encounter with singer Muriel Wilkins, with whom he performed "Amazing Grace". This all culminates in the iconic lyric, " 'Tell me are you a Christian, child?' and I said, 'Ma'am, I

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? "someone at last feels that I — I! — am the most desirable, attractive, companionable creature on the planet". Christians of many denominations treat "What's So Amazing About Grace?" as a handbook. In it, Yancey coined the phrase "scandal of grace", referring to the idea that God may choose to forgive people who have done evil deeds, citing the conversion of Paul the Apostle who was persecuting Christians. The phrase "scandal of grace" has become widely used in Christian circles. In 2005, the Barna Group, a California-based research firm, asked senior pastors across the United States which books they had

neg: The Amazing Grace shocked by the brutality of slavery, later gave up the trade and became an Anglican priest. Newton later wrote the redemptive hymn Amazing Grace and became an abolitionist. According to the film, the tune to which we sing the hymn "Amazing Grace" today was appropriated from the tune of an African song. But in reality, more than twenty musical settings of "Amazing Grace" circulated with varying popularity until 1835 when William Walker assigned John Newton's words to a traditional song named "New Britain", which was itself an amalgamation of two melodies ("Gallaher" and "St. Mary") first published in the "Columbian

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? Amazing About Grace?" made him "thankful afresh for God's grace and challenged to live a life reflecting it". Callaway was haunted by Yancey's question, "If grace is so amazing, why don't Christians show more of it?" and expressed his appreciation to the author at the 1998 Christian Booksellers Association convention. When he asked Yancey why he wrote the book, the author answered: "I long for the church to become a culture of grace ... A graceful church knows how to welcome failure and rewards vulnerability so that a person automatically thinks of the church when needing help." Yancey asked Callaway

neg: Amazing Grace typically published using the first line of the lyrics, or the name of the tune such as "New Britain". A publisher named Edwin Othello Excell gave the version of "Amazing Grace" set to "New Britain" immense popularity by publishing it in a series of hymnals that were used in urban churches. Excell altered some of Walker's music, making it more contemporary and European, giving "New Britain" some distance from its rural folk-music origins. Excell's version was more palatable for a growing urban middle class and arranged for larger church choirs. Several editions featuring Newton's first three stanzas and the verse

neg: Amazing Grace when we need to confess with joy that we are saved by God's grace alone; as a hymn of response to forgiveness of sin or as an assurance of pardon; as a confession of faith or after the sermon". Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Amazing Grace "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

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? homosexual, a comparison of the teachings of early Christians Pelagius and Augustine of Hippo, and a summary of Karen Blixen's short story "Babette's Feast". Yancey was inspired to write "What's So Amazing About Grace?" after President Bill Clinton asked him, "Why do Christians hate so much?" Although Yancey initially intended to call the book "What's So Amazing About Grace: and Why Don't Christians Show More of It?", Zondervan, its publisher, objected to this title despite the author's contention that he wrote the book to communicate the belief that grace is one of the best quality Christians, like himself, have to

neg: Gerry Conway Mysteries". Conway's last recorded comics credit for many years was Topps Comics' "Kirbyverse" one-shot "NightGlider" #1 (April 1993), scripting from a Roy Thomas plot. Conway returned to comics in 2009 and wrote DC Comics' "The Last Days of Animal Man", with artist Chris Batista. In 2011, he wrote the "DC Retroactive: Justice League – The '80s" one-shot. In 2015, he returned to Spider-Man by writing a story in "Spider-Verse Team Up" #2, and the "Spiral" storyline in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #16.1–20.1. He returned to as a series' regular writer that same year with "Carnage" #1-16. In 2016, he wrote "The

neg: The Green Hills of Earth final, titular verse. Heinlein wrote several fragments of lyrics and six full stanzas for the song. Moore and Kuttner also give fragments of lyrics in "Quest of the Starstone." The fragments have been filled out and additional stanzas added by the filk community. Some versions combine Heinlein's and Moore's lyrics. The song's meter allows it to be sung to a number of popular tunes, including "Amazing Grace"; "Greensleeves"; "The House of the Rising Sun"; "The Rising of the Moon" / "The Wearing of the Green"; Friedrich Schiller's "Ode to Joy" (used in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, fourth movement); "Oh My Darling,

neg: Amazing Grace he wrote it. "Amazing Grace", with the words written by Newton and joined with "New Britain", the melody most currently associated with it, appeared for the first time in Walker's shape note tunebook "Southern Harmony" in 1847. It was, according to author Steve Turner, a "marriage made in heaven ... The music behind 'amazing' had a sense of awe to it. The music behind 'grace' sounded graceful. There was a rise at the point of confession, as though the author was stepping out into the open and making a bold declaration, but a corresponding fall when admitting his blindness." Walker's

neg: Amazing Grace Amazing Grace "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 others' reactions to what they took as 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

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? What's So Amazing About Grace? What's So Amazing About Grace? is a 1997 book by Philip Yancey, an American journalist and editor-at-large for "Christianity Today". The book examines grace in Christianity, contending that people crave grace and that it is central to the gospel, but that many local churches ignore grace and instead seek to exterminate immorality. "What's So Amazing About Grace?" includes Bible stories, anecdotes from Yancey's life, accounts of historical events and other stories. These include a modern retelling of the Parable of the Prodigal Son, an account of Yancey's friendship with Mel White who came out as

neg: Amazing Grace (score) at the 39th GMA Dove Awards. Amazing Grace (score) Amazing Grace: Original Score from the Motion Picture is another soundtrack for the movie "Amazing Grace" starring Ioan Gruffudd, this soundtrack features an original score composed by David Arnold. David Arnold, who is best known for composing scores for films, such as "Independence Day", "Stargate", and "Godzilla", completed his journey from the film genres of action-adventure to art house. "Amazing Grace" is based on the 20-year crusade of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the British Empire, as Arnold includes the scores of quasi-folk songs to Negro spirituals; his basic material,

neg: Amazing Grace (score) Amazing Grace (score) Amazing Grace: Original Score from the Motion Picture is another soundtrack for the movie "Amazing Grace" starring Ioan Gruffudd, this soundtrack features an original score composed by David Arnold. David Arnold, who is best known for composing scores for films, such as "Independence Day", "Stargate", and "Godzilla", completed his journey from the film genres of action-adventure to art house. "Amazing Grace" is based on the 20-year crusade of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the British Empire, as Arnold includes the scores of quasi-folk songs to Negro spirituals; his basic material, however, remains unchanged from earlier projects.

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? of several books by Yancey that have become international bestsellers. In "What's So Amazing About Grace?", Yancey discusses grace, calling it "our last best word". The book's thesis is that, although people crave grace and it is centrally important to the gospel, many local churches ignore grace in their quest to exterminate immorality. Yancey uses the word "ungrace" to describe actions that fail to demonstrate grace. According to the author, the greatest gift the Christian Church can give the world is grace, but the church sometimes offers ungrace instead. Yancey writes that there are secular analogues to most Christian activities

neg: Chuck Cooper (actor) the new musical "Amazing Grace", at the Nederlander Theatre. The musical is about John Newton, the redeemed slave-trader who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace". Cooper has three children, Eddie, Alex, and Lilli, from his first marriage. His son Eddie has performed on television and on stage. In May 2009 Cooper and playwright Deborah Brevoort were married in Carmel, New York, after almost ten years of dating. Their initial meeting and eventual engagement were covered in a "New York Times" website video. Chuck Cooper (actor) Chuck Cooper (born November 8, 1954) is an American actor. He won the 1997 Tony Award

neg: Florence Farr review of "A Sicilian Idyll", Yeats wrote, "Mrs. Edward Emery (Florence Farr) …won universal praise with her striking beauty and subtle gesture and fine delivery of the verse. Indeed her acting was the feature of the whole performance that struck one most, after the verse itself. I do not know that I have any word too strong to express my admiration for its grace and power…I have never heard verse better spoken." Both men wrote leading parts in their plays for Farr, who used her influence with Annie Horniman to have them produced. Farr was also the first woman in

neg: Amazing Grace it's that tune that everybody knows." A prisoner interviewed by Moyers explained his literal interpretation of the second verse: "'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved" by saying that the fear became immediately real to him when he realized he may never get his life in order, compounded by the loneliness and restriction in prison. Gospel singer Marion Williams summed up its effect: "That's a song that gets to everybody". The "Dictionary of American Hymnology" claims it is included in more than a thousand published hymnals, and recommends its use for "occasions of worship

neg: Amazing Grace (1992 film) Amazing Grace (1992 film) Amazing Grace is a 1992 Israeli film directed by Amos Guttman. It is one of the few Israeli films dealing with gay subjects and the only one so far which has dared to deal with AIDS. The film includes a biography details the life of Guttman and it was his last film before he died of AIDS. The film won the Wolgin Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival and Best Film award at the Haifa International Film Festival. The young 'Jonathan' (Gal Heuberger) leaves his family's home in the Moshav, moves to "the big city" of

neg: Amazing Grace (1992 film) Tel Aviv, to find an alienated and alone world. He falls in love with Thomas (Sharon Alexander), an HIV patient, and a touching and painful love story develops between the two. Amazing Grace (1992 film) Amazing Grace is a 1992 Israeli film directed by Amos Guttman. It is one of the few Israeli films dealing with gay subjects and the only one so far which has dared to deal with AIDS. The film includes a biography details the life of Guttman and it was his last film before he died of AIDS. The film won the Wolgin Award at the

neg: Song structure MacDonald", "Amazing Grace", "The Thrill Is Gone", and Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the "Edmund Fitzgerald"". AABA may be found in Crystal Gayle's "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are", and The Beatles' "Yesterday". ABA (verse/chorus or chorus/verse) format may be found in Pete Seeger's "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (chorus first) and The Rolling Stones's "Honky Tonk Woman" (verse first). ABAB may be found in AC/DC's "Back in Black", Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville", The Archies's "Sugar, Sugar", and The Eagles's "Hotel California". ABABCB format may be found in John Cougar Mellencamp's "Hurts So Good", Tina

neg: Newton's Grace Newton's Grace Newton’s Grace (working title: "But Now I See") is an American historical drama film about John Newton, a slave ship captain and later Church of England pastor who wrote many hymns, including Amazing Grace. The film, directed by the award-winning Christian filmmaker John Jackman, is based on Newton’s autobiography, "Out of the Depths". Jackman used the tall ship "Hector" in Pictou, Nova Scotia, for filming many seafaring scenes. Scenes set on the coast of Sierra Leone were filmed at various locations on the North Carolina coast, particularly Fort Anderson and Fort Macon. Interiors and green screen special effects

neg: Grace Mildmay who were of questionable moral character. On these occasions, Mistress Hamblyn encouraged her to write verse against the visitors' immorality. From her mother, she acquired the habit of daily spiritual meditation. In later life, she wrote a series of devotional meditations which consisted of 912 folios. In 1567 Grace married Sir Anthony Mildmay who later took up the position of ambassador to France. He was the eldest son of Walter Mildmay, who had become the Chancellor of the Exchequer the previous year. Sir Walter was instrumental in ensuring the marriage of Grace to his son, who was initially less than

neg: Ricky Grace Ricky Grace Ricky Ray Grace (born August 20, 1966) is an American-Australian former professional basketball player who spent the majority of his career in the Australian National Basketball League with the Perth Wildcats. Ricky "Amazing" Grace played American college basketball firstly at Midland College, transferring after two years to the University of Oklahoma alongside future NBA player Mookie Blaylock. In 1988, his last year at Oklahoma, Grace helped the Oklahoma Sooners reach the championship game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, where they were defeated by the Kansas Jayhawks. Selected in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz in

neg: Newton's Grace shots were filmed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The film stars Erik Nelson as the young John Newton. The film premiered at the deCoste Centre in Pictou, on May 13, 2017. Newton's Grace Newton’s Grace (working title: "But Now I See") is an American historical drama film about John Newton, a slave ship captain and later Church of England pastor who wrote many hymns, including Amazing Grace. The film, directed by the award-winning Christian filmmaker John Jackman, is based on Newton’s autobiography, "Out of the Depths". Jackman used the tall ship "Hector" in Pictou, Nova Scotia, for filming many seafaring scenes.

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? Baptist Church in Dallas, compared "What's So Amazing About Grace?" to Chuck Swindoll's book "The Grace Awakening", calling both "wonderful books on grace [that] did a valuable service rescuing the doctrine of grace from the legalists who say that we must earn our salvation". Christian professor Craig Detweiler writes in his 2008 book "A Purple State of Mind: Finding Middle Ground in a Divided Culture" that, if he could have given his students a graduation present, it would have been a copy of "What's So Amazing About Grace?" because many of his Christian students were more concerned with avoiding the

neg: Amazing Grace (1974 film) Amazing Grace (1974 film) Amazing Grace is a 1974 comedy film featuring actress/comedian Moms Mabley, playing the title role of Grace Teasdale Grimes. Grace is a widow who influences the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland after she discovers her somewhat slow-witted neighbor is being used to run for mayor by shady politicians and the incumbent mayor to further his own self-serving reelection efforts. Grace knows the politicians have no interest in the betterment of the neighborhood and are only interested in getting their hands on the money that comes into it. She organizes some of the people in the

neg: Amazing Grace (2006 film) Amazing Grace (2006 film) Amazing Grace is a 2006 British-American biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted, about the campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the hymn "Amazing Grace". The film also recounts the experiences of John Newton as a crewman on a slave ship and subsequent religious conversion, which inspired his writing of the poem later used in the hymn. Newton is portrayed as a major influence on Wilberforce and the abolition movement. The

neg: Amazing Grace poetry somewhat more than Newton's plaintive and plain language driven from his forceful personality. The most prevalent themes in the verses written by Newton in "Olney Hymns" are faith in salvation, wonder at God's grace, his love for Jesus, and his cheerful exclamations of the joy he found in his faith. As a reflection of Newton's connection to his parishioners, he wrote many of the hymns in first person, admitting his own experience with sin. Bruce Hindmarsh in "Sing Them Over Again To Me: Hymns and Hymnbooks in America" considers "Amazing Grace" an excellent example of Newton's testimonial style afforded

neg: Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley is an hour-long documentary film that celebrates the legacy of the late musician Jeff Buckley with specific attention given to fans he inspired. The film was officially sanctioned by Jeff's mother and estate. It is not a biography, but a tribute. "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley" screened at 25 film festivals around the world between 2004 and 2006 where it won several awards including, best film, best documentary and best music documentary. It was directed and produced by first-time filmmakers, Nyla Bialek Adams and Laurie Trombley, who was also hand-picked by Jeff Buckley

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? asking non-Christians what they associated with Evangelical Christianity. None of their responses mentioned grace; most cited political stances, such as opposition to LGBT rights and abortion. The author initially intended to call his book "What's So Amazing About Grace: and Why Don't Christians Show More of It?" Zondervan, its eventual publisher, objected to the title's forcefulness, despite Yancey's argument that he wrote the book about how "we Christians are simply not known by the greatest gift we have". On February 3, 1997, "Christianity Today" published an essay by Yancey, the magazine's editor-at-large, with the title "A State of Ungrace", saying

neg: The Millennium Bell verse from "Sunlight Shining Through Cloud" is taken from Amazing Grace, written by Anglican clergyman John Newton, who for some time was a captain of the slave ship "The Duke of Argyle" and later became a strong advocate for the abolition of the slave trade. The track, featuring strong African themes, refers to slave trade. Mike Oldfield visited Goree Island, an island on Senegalese coast famed for its slave trading port, now converted to a shrine. The track features also strong gospel influences – a hint at the descendants of the African slaves in North America and the culture and

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? forbidden than they were with enjoying the permitted. Detweiler writes that Christianity was founded on forgiveness and that Christians should not bear the burden of guilt, and he therefore agrees with Yancey that "grace" is "our last best word". In a 2014 article in the "Spiritual Matters" section of the Australian newspaper "The Daily Examiner", Reverend Chris Sparks calls "What's So Amazing About Grace?" "masterful" and writes that Yancey provides a good answer to the question raised by its title. In his 2015 book "Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better", Christian radio personality Brant Hansen

neg: I Miss You (DMX song) I Miss You (DMX song) "I Miss You" is a song by American rapper DMX, released as the third single from his fourth album "The Great Depression" (2001).. It features R&B singer Faith Evans. This song is dedicated to DMX's grandmother, "Mary Ella Holloway". Faith Evans sings a verse which recites Amazing Grace. The verse from Faith Evans is sung to add to the mood of the song. It is almost to imply that DMX was lost, but found his way in life after realising his potential. The song is considered one of DMX's most popular ones, however it is

neg: I Miss You (DMX song) not present on his greatest hits compilation. The song samples "This Masquerade" by George Benson. I Miss You (DMX song) "I Miss You" is a song by American rapper DMX, released as the third single from his fourth album "The Great Depression" (2001).. It features R&B singer Faith Evans. This song is dedicated to DMX's grandmother, "Mary Ella Holloway". Faith Evans sings a verse which recites Amazing Grace. The verse from Faith Evans is sung to add to the mood of the song. It is almost to imply that DMX was lost, but found his way in life after realising

neg: Caroline Binch Choice Award" and "Best Children's Book Honour Award" from Waldenbooks, and has been listed as "One of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year" from "The New York Times". She was also nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her illustrations on "Amazing Grace". It was followed by three sequels, all illustrated by Binch. "Kirkus Reviews" wrote that Binch was able to capture Grace's character "with her detailed, realistic watercolors." "Amazing Grace", first published in 1991, has been described as "ground-breaking" because it featured one of the first black heroines in a successful picture book. Binch has gone on

neg: Amazing Grace (soundtrack) Amazing Grace (soundtrack) Amazing Grace: Music Inspired By the Motion Picture is a soundtrack for the movie "Amazing Grace" starring Ioan Gruffudd. The album features new versions of old hymns recorded by some of Christian music's more prominent artists as well as one of the most popular country artists around today. Some digital releases of the album omit the Jars of Clay and Bart Millard tracks. In 2008, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards. The song "Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)" by Chris Tomlin

neg: Amazing Grace what else to do about the war in Vietnam. I had marched, I had voted, I had gone to jail on political actions and worked for the candidates I believed in. The war was still raging. There was nothing left to do, I thought ... but sing 'Amazing Grace'." Gradually and unexpectedly, the song began to be played on the radio, and then be requested. It rose to number 15 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, remaining on the charts for 15 weeks, as if, she wrote, her fans had been "waiting to embrace it". In the UK, it charted 8

neg: Amazing Grace (ship) Wish Foundation on sailing excursions. Amazing Grace participated in many races including the America's Schooner Cup and the Tall Ships Challenge. Although the vessel is a "tall ship", she is unusually fast. Other tall ship sailors envy her for her speed and maneuverability. Amazing Grace races against much more modern schooners and still manages to be a competitor. In the America's Schooner Cup, in the class B category, she placed 3rd in 2010, 2nd in 2012, and 1st in 2014. Amazing Grace (ship) Amazing Grace is an 83' topsail schooner. Her home port is in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The

neg: Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart. The following week, "Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas" peaked at number 70 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and at number seven on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart. Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas is the first extended play (EP) by Australian recording artist Paulini, released on 26 November 2004 by Sony BMG Australia. The EP was produced by Audius Mtawarira and features cover versions of popular Christmas songs, as well as guest vocal appearances by Darlene Zschech and Human Nature. "Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas" peaked at number 70 on

neg: Amazing Grace this disparity in terms of grace being an innate quality within all people who must be inspired or strong enough to find it: something to achieve. In contrast to Newton's vision of wretchedness as his willful sin and distance from God, wretchedness has instead come to mean an obstacle of physical, social, or spiritual nature to overcome in order to achieve a state of grace, happiness, or contentment. Since its immense popularity and iconic nature, "grace" and the meaning behind the words of "Amazing Grace" have become as individual as the singer or listener. Bruce Hindmarsh suggests that the secular

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? found helpful during the past three years. "What's So Amazing About Grace?" was one of nine books mentioned by at least two percent of the respondents; the other eight included Rick Warren's "The Purpose Driven Church" and "The Purpose Driven Life" and John C. Maxwell's "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership". David Charlesworth, Abbot of Buckfast Abbey in Devon, England, commissioned Torbay-based theater company Unleashed Productions to adapt the book's stories for the stage. Neil Pugmire wrote the play and incorporated stories about apartheid, Gordon Wilson's daughter's death in the Remembrance Day bombing, and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal. He also

neg: Amazing Grace (The Badlees album) band possesses, that had been suppressed in recent years. If you include the already-finished-but-yet-to-be released Up There, Down Here, Pete Palladino sang lead vocals on 56 of the 58 songs that the Badlees had published since 1990, but of the eleven tracks that made up "Amazing Grace", Pete would only be the lead singer on four. But on the flipside, Palladino had no individual songwriting credits on any of those previous recordings, but he did have one on this album, a pop gem which he co-wrote with Mike Naydock titled "A Fever", which contains some pristine, soprano vocals in the

neg: Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley four of Jeff Buckley's band members, his mother, friends, colleagues, critics, DJ's, as well as artists or "fans" inspired by Jeff (including a young classical composer, a painter, a dancer and two singers.) The latter are meant as a testament to the uniquely broad range of Buckley fans who were inspired by Jeff's music. Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley is an hour-long documentary film that celebrates the legacy of the late musician Jeff Buckley with specific attention given to fans he inspired. The film was officially sanctioned by Jeff's mother and estate. It is not a biography,

neg: Todd Agnew Todd Agnew Todd Wilson Agnew (born March 15, 1971 in Dallas, Texas) is a contemporary Christian musician and songwriter. Agnew's best-known song is "Grace Like Rain", a version of "Amazing Grace", which was featured on his first album, "Grace Like Rain", released in June 2003. Agnew wrote this song with his friend, Chris Collins. Since then, Agnew has released five label albums. 2005's "Reflection of Something" introduced the popular songs "My Jesus" and "Unchanging One", which are often featured on Contemporary Christian radio stations. In late 2006, after the two highly acclaimed studio projects, he wrote a retelling of the

neg: Amazing Grace (1974 film) community and together they devise a plan to thwart the crooked politician’s schemes. Mabley appeared in the film a year before her death at the age of 81. The film also featured cameo appearances by veteran actors Butterfly McQueen and Stepin Fetchit. The film's title is a play on words based on the name of the Christian hymn "Amazing Grace". It is available on DVD from MGM, and on Blu-Ray from Olive Films. Amazing Grace (1974 film) Amazing Grace is a 1974 comedy film featuring actress/comedian Moms Mabley, playing the title role of Grace Teasdale Grimes. Grace is a widow

neg: Amazing Grace (soundtrack) was also nominated for Song of the Year. Amazing Grace (soundtrack) Amazing Grace: Music Inspired By the Motion Picture is a soundtrack for the movie "Amazing Grace" starring Ioan Gruffudd. The album features new versions of old hymns recorded by some of Christian music's more prominent artists as well as one of the most popular country artists around today. Some digital releases of the album omit the Jars of Clay and Bart Millard tracks. In 2008, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards. The song "Amazing

neg: Amos Guttman subject of his last film, "Amazing Grace". He was buried in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery in Tel Aviv. Amos Guttman Amos Guttman (; May 10, 1954 – February 16, 1993) was an Israeli film director. Guttman was born in Transylvania, Romania and emigrated to Israel at age 7. He studied film at Beit Zvi. Between 1977 and 1982 directed three short films: "A Safe Place", "Returning Premiers", and "Drifting". In 1983 he directed his feature debut, "Drifting" (no relation to the earlier short film). He then directed three feature films: "Bar 51" (1985), "Himmo Melech Yerushalaim" (1987), and "Amazing Grace"

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? that it was the basis of two chapters of Yancey's upcoming book with the working title of "What's So Amazing About Grace and Why the World Needs More of It". The book was published later that year with the shorter title "What's So Amazing About Grace?" According to the author, he began writing the book in the same way he began most of his books: by exploring a question that was unresolved for him. In this case, the question became the book's title. In "What's So Amazing About Grace?", Yancey answers this question by writing that God gives grace to

neg: The Shame of the Nation Gary Orfield in a letter to AllArtsAllKids.org, he mentions that, ""the country clearly has had enough of the drill, kill, test & punish, and learn only two subjects style of NCLB reform..." ". In his earlier books, like "Amazing Grace", Kozol wrote that the schools of the South Bronx were stunningly segregated. But in the last five years, Kozol said that he "... realized how sweeping this change has been throughout the nation, and how reluctant the media is to speak of it." Newspapers he says "... refuse to see what is in their own front yard ... in a

neg: Matt Robinson (actor) Roscoe Orman, they used Matt's last name. He wrote and produced the films "Save the Children" and "Amazing Grace" in the early 1970s, and authored scripts for "Sanford and Son" and "Eight Is Enough". In 1983, he joined the staff of the NBC's "The Cosby Show" as a producer and staff writer. By that time, he was beginning to show symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, but stayed with the show for seven seasons despite the difficulty. He ultimately succumbed to the disease on August 5, 2002 in Los Angeles at the age of 65. He is survived by his daughter, actress

neg: Ralston Bowles Ralston Bowles Ralston Bowles is an American songwriter, producer, musician and singer from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ralston Bowles was born on August 31, 1952 to parents, Buel Bowles of Green Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1913–2002) and May Jean Morgan of Vincennes, Indiana (1919–1998). Bowles wrote the songs "Fragile", recorded by Peter Mulvey, Rachael Davis and Caroline Aiken, and "Grace", based on a book by author Philip Yancey, "What's So Amazing About Grace?". Bowles wrote the latter song after reading a pre-publication galley of the book. After the book was published, singer Bono of U2 wrote and released a similar song

neg: William Cowper evangelical Christianity, the inspiration behind his much-loved hymns. He continued to suffer doubt and, after a dream in 1773, believed that he was doomed to eternal damnation. He recovered and wrote more religious hymns. His religious sentiment and association with John Newton (who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace") led to much of the poetry for which he is best remembered, and to the series of Olney Hymns. His poem "Light Shining out of Darkness" gave English the phrase: "God moves in a mysterious way/His wonders to perform." He also wrote a number of anti-slavery poems and his friendship with Newton,

neg: Amazing Grace by the use of this perspective. Several of Newton's hymns were recognized as great work ("Amazing Grace" was not among them) while others seem to have been included to fill in when Cowper was unable to write. Jonathan Aitken calls Newton, specifically referring to "Amazing Grace", an "unashamedly middlebrow lyricist writing for a lowbrow congregation", noting that only twenty-one of the nearly 150 words used in all six verses have more than one syllable. William Phipps in the "Anglican Theological Review" and author James Basker have interpreted the first stanza of "Amazing Grace" as evidence of Newton's realization that his

neg: Lowther Castle Wordsworth frequently stayed at Lowther Castle as many of his published letters are written from there. Wordsworth wrote several poems for William. Part of his verse about Lowther Castle is as follows: ""Lowther! in thy majestic Pile are seen "Cathedral pomp and grace in apt accord" "With the baronial castle’s sterner mien"" Lady Augusta Lonsdale, William’s wife, was also a patron of the arts and she kept an album in which some of the poets visiting Lowther Castle wrote verse. Wordsworth wrote a long poem in her honour in the album which has been included in his published works. Robert

neg: Amazing Grace (ship) Amazing Grace (ship) Amazing Grace is an 83' topsail schooner. Her home port is in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The ship serves as the platform for the non-profit Maritime Leadership and is also available for private charters and memorials at sea. Maritime Leadership provides traditional sail training adventures through sailings ranging from 3–48 hours. Like other schooners, Amazing Grace is the traditional American sailing craft. These were the small vessels that fought the British in the War of Independence and again in the War of 1812, both as ships of the U.S. Navy and as privateers. Her original name was

neg: Amazing Grace Church licensed in July 2006. In 2008, the term "Bible" was added to the church name to distinguish it from other denominational churches. The congregation has evolved into a mix of residents from the Kanagawa Prefecture area and numerous international families. The Amazing Grace Bible Church has an extensive collection of bible study materials in print, digital, and online formats. These scripture-based teachings include podcasts, newsletters, and a spiritual book series, Faith From Fujisawa. Amazing Grace Church Amazing Grace Bible Church (アメージンググレースバイブルチャーチ) is a bilingual (English and Japanese) Christian church located in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. There are two services per week,

neg: Amazing Grace (The Badlees album) and straddles the divide between punk/new wave and the guitar-driven pop of the 1960s, in much the same vein as Tom Petty did in the past and The Cellarbirds would in the near future. "Amazing Grace" was released on Rite-Off Records on April 2, 1999. The strategy to cause movement at Universal apparently worked, as the Badlees were dropped from the label on the very day that this album was released. Amazing Grace (The Badlees album) Amazing Grace is the fourth full length studio album released by American band The Badlees. It was released on their independent label, Rite-Off Records,

neg: Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace is the third studio album by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released on June 5, 2007. The album's lead-off single "Lost In This Moment," became the duo's first Number One single on the Hot Country Songs chart. Also released from this album were the title track and "Loud", which respectively peaked at No. 37 and No. 42 on the same chart. The latter was the first single of the duo's career not to reach Top 40. "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" debuted at

neg: Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas is the first extended play (EP) by Australian recording artist Paulini, released on 26 November 2004 by Sony BMG Australia. The EP was produced by Audius Mtawarira and features cover versions of popular Christmas songs, as well as guest vocal appearances by Darlene Zschech and Human Nature. "Amazing Grace: Songs for Christmas" peaked at number 70 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and at number seven on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart. On 6 December 2004, the EP debuted at number 82 on the ARIA Albums Chart, and at number eight

neg: Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) and also recorded in other language Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) is a contemporary worship music song, released by the Australian band Hillsong Worship. The song is also available in several other languages than English. In all versions such as Spanish, Swedish, Russian, and many more. The song's chorus is taken from John Newton songs Amazing Grace The song was written by Joel Houston and Jonas Myrin and released in Hillsong album No Other Name. The live version is performed by Taya Smith with backing vocal of Joel Houston. The Alternate Version was released with Taya Smith

neg: Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) Broken Vessels (Amazing Grace) is a contemporary worship music song, released by the Australian band Hillsong Worship. The song is also available in several other languages than English. In all versions such as Spanish, Swedish, Russian, and many more. The song's chorus is taken from John Newton songs Amazing Grace The song was written by Joel Houston and Jonas Myrin and released in Hillsong album No Other Name. The live version is performed by Taya Smith with backing vocal of Joel Houston. The Alternate Version was released with Taya Smith reprises her role as Lead Vocal

neg: What's So Amazing About Grace? S. Lewis and saying, "The first time I read ["What's So Amazing About Grace?"] I ended up in tears with every new chapter". In 2012, Pope affirmed that it was still his favorite book. Tim Costello, CEO of World Vision Australia, said in 2008 that the book was important to him. In 2010, American politician Bill Haslam cited "What's So Amazing About Grace?" and John Heilemann's and Mark Halperin's "Game Change" as two recent books he enjoyed. Retired Northern Ireland Civil Service head Nigel Hamilton said in 2014 that "What's So Amazing About Grace?" was his favorite book. What's So

neg: Amazing Grace free. It just frees the spirit and frees the person." The U.S. Library of Congress has a collection of 3,000 versions of and songs inspired by "Amazing Grace", some of which were first-time recordings by folklorists Alan and John Lomax, a father and son team who in 1932 traveled thousands of miles across the South to capture the different regional styles of the song. More contemporary renditions include samples from such popular artists as Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers (1963), the Byrds (1970), Elvis Presley (1971), Skeeter Davis (1972), Mighty Clouds of Joy (1972), Amazing Rhythm Aces (1975), Willie

neg: South East England 1919. Isaac Watts, a hymn writer from Southampton, wrote "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past". John Goss, who wrote the hymn tune for "Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven", came from Fareham. At Chalfont St Giles, Milton finished "Paradise Lost". Olney in Buckinghamshire is known for the "Olney Hymns" - "Amazing Grace", and the composer of the tune of "Once in Royal David's City". Buckinghamshire's E. L. James has the UK record for the fastest-selling paperback of all time. Pimm's was invented by James Pimm of Kent in the 1820s. Banoffee

neg: Amazing Grace (musical) as Pakuteh/Thomas, and Stanley Bahorek as Robert Haweis. "Amazing Grace" opened on Broadway on July 16, 2015 at the Nederlander Theatre after 20 preview performances. The production featured the same principal cast and creative team as the Chicago production. It received mixed reviews. The show closed on October 25, 2015 after 116 performances. A cast recording was released in February 2016. "From the 2015 Broadway production" Amazing Grace (musical) Amazing Grace is a musical with music and lyrics by Christopher Smith and a book by Smith and Arthur Giron. The musical is Smith's first foray as a professional writer or

neg: Amazing Grace (novel) from her new friend. At a refugee camp, all four come together and become a support system for the others as life starts to resemble normality and the world blesses them with amazing grace. Amazing Grace (novel) Amazing Grace is a novel by Danielle Steel, published by Random House in October 2007. The book is Steel's seventy-third novel. At a charity dinner in San Francisco, the Ritz-Carlton ballroom is ravaged by an earthquake. In the aftermath, four stranger's lives are entwined forever. Sarah Sloane's perfect life falls apart when her husband is exposed as a fraudster. Grammy winner Melanie Free

neg: Amazing Grace Jesus healing a blind man who tells the Pharisees that he can now see is told in the Gospel of John. Newton used the words "I was blind but now I see" and declared "Oh to grace how great a debtor!" in his letters and diary entries as early as 1752. The effect of the lyrical arrangement, according to Bruce Hindmarsh, allows an instant release of energy in the exclamation "Amazing grace!", to be followed by a qualifying reply in "how sweet the sound". In "An Annotated Anthology of Hymns", Newton's use of an exclamation at the beginning of his

neg: Uptown Special the bass. After they "got the basic groove", Philip Lawrence joined and they wrote the lyrics to the first verse. They finished the song in Toronto, six months later. "I Can’t Lose" was written mostly by Bhasker, who came up with the idea of "drive through the deep south to find someone to sing it". Ronson loved the idea "of discovering a new talent" and the two ended by up hearing a "few hundred amazing singers" in churches, nightclubs, bars and community centres. However they "had a very specific vocalist in mind", who turned out to be Keyone as both

neg: Parable of the Master and Servant the last verse of the Isaac Watts hymn "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross": <poem> Were the whole realm of Nature mine, That were an offering far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.</poem> The phrase "unworthy servant" in the last verse of the parable is widely used liturgically, such as in the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Scottish biblical writer William Nicoll refers to this story as "the parable of extra service". Parable of the Master and Servant The Parable of the Master and Servant is a parable told by Jesus in

neg: Amazing Grace has observed. The hymn has been employed in several films, including "Alice's Restaurant", "Coal Miner's Daughter", and "Silkwood". It is referenced in the 2006 film "Amazing Grace", which highlights Newton's influence on the leading British abolitionist William Wilberforce, and in the upcoming film biography of Newton, "Newton's Grace". The 1982 science fiction film "" used "Amazing Grace" amid a context of Christian symbolism, to memorialize Mr. Spock following his death, but more practically, because the song has become "instantly recognizable to many in the audience as music that sounds appropriate for a funeral" according to a "Star Trek" scholar. Since

neg: Cecilia (Norwegian singer) 3. Love of a Silent Moon 4. Two Swans Matched in Flight 5. Daughter of the Midnight Sun 6. Amazing Grace 7. Silver Wings 8. The Lion and the Unicorn 9. The Eternal Heartbeat 10. Unite the Tribe 11. Solveig's Song, 2nd verse 1996 - Voice of Violet 19 Track listing: 1. When You Wish Upon A Star 2. Violet 19 3. Star Child 4. Lightness of Being 5. The Protection Song 6. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 7. The Tracker's Song 8. My Boy Hero 9. Eg veit i himmerik ei borg 10. The Snow Leopard's Prayer 11. The

neg: Larry D. Thomas first collection of poetry, "The Lighthouse Keeper", with Timberline Press (Fulton, MO), a handset letterpress edition illustrated with original linocuts and a serigraph. He was awarded the 2001 "Texas Review" Poetry Prize for "Amazing Grace". The volume also won the 2003 Western Heritage Wrangler Award, a national award for a book of poems celebrating the historical or contemporary American West, and was a Spur Award finalist. His subsequent volumes of verse or individual poems received several significant prizes and awards, including the 2004 "Texas Review" Poetry Prize and 2004 Violet Crown Award (both won by "Where Skulls Speak Wind", "Texas

neg: Olney Hymns hymn's Scottish or Irish melody is pentatonic and suggests a bagpipe tune; the hymn is frequently performed on bagpipes and has become associated with that instrument. As an expression of the many Evangelical beliefs, "Amazing Grace" serves as an example: The first stanza (verse), for instance, expresses Newton's sense of past sinfulness, as a "wretch", but also conversion, from being "lost" and "blind" to "now I see". God's providence, and Cowper's sense of a close and personal relationship with God are voiced in stanza four: "He will my shield and portion be". The belief in eternal life after death is

neg: Amazing Grace it "to give magical protection a charm to ward off danger, an incantation to the angels of heaven to descend ... I was not sure the magic worked outside the church walls ... in the open air of Mississippi. But I wasn't taking any chances." Folk singer Judy Collins, who knew the song before she could remember learning it, witnessed Fannie Lou Hamer leading marchers in Mississippi in 1964, singing "Amazing Grace". Collins also considered it a talisman of sorts, and saw its equal emotional impact on the marchers, witnesses, and law enforcement who opposed the civil rights demonstrators. According

neg: Geddy Lee Neil Peart, who then wrote the lyrics to "Red Sector A", inspired by her ordeal. The song, for which Lee wrote the music, was released on the band's 1984 album "Grace Under Pressure". The lyrics include the following verse: Lee began playing music in school when he was 10 or 11, and got his first acoustic guitar at 14. In school, he first played drums, trumpet and clarinet. However, learning to play instruments in school wasn't satisfying to Lee, and he took basic piano lessons on his own. His interest increased dramatically after listening to some of the popular rock

neg: Zach Hunter Luther King's peaceful revolution, the work of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass as some of his inspiration. But foremost among his inspiration was William Wilberforce, the slavery abolitionist in England who lived almost 200 years ago. Wilberforce was a devout Christian and knew John Newton, the slave trader who wrote the hymn, 'Amazing Grace.' Hunter speaks around the world to students, youth workers and activists. In addition to his published books, he is a frequent contributor to print and online periodicals including The Huffington Post. His most recent book is Chivalry which was released in July 2013. Zach Hunter Zach

neg: Amazing Grace (musical) and aid her escape. John is humiliated and is tasked by Major Gray to find and retrieve the slave. John argues with Mary; he still suffers from the loss of his dear mother at age eight. Mary encourages John's better nature, singing a song he wrote for her years ago ("Someone Who Hears"). Mary is secretly invited to join an abolitionist group. She talks with her black maidservant, Nanna, about how Nanna became a slave and lost her daughter ("Yema's Song"). Mary's mother encourages her to pursue a relationship with the handsome and aristocratic Major Gray, who is interested in

neg: Jemmy Joneson’s Whurry toon and town voyge and voyage waa and was were and wur whei and who Specific differences Verse 1 Line 3 thowt becomes wisht Verse 5 Line 5 ends with "I" to rhyme with ---- Verse 5 Line 7 changed to "An' cheer the folks i' gannin by" Verse 9 Line 2 ends with "duckin" to rhyme with --- Verse 9 Line 4 is changed to "While hundreds stuid by leukin" To follow Geordie dialect words Jemmy Joneson’s Whurry This song appears to be the last one Thomas Thompson wrote, and the earliest record of its publication is 1823, seven

neg: Grace Kelly (song) and Freddie Mercury, writing that "he sounds a lot like Mercury and wears the influence like a badge of honor, even name-checking the late front man of Queen in the first verse. Mika vacillates between the affected theatricality of Mercury’s full-throttled voice and his own strong falsetto, where he earnestly implores "Why don’t you like me?" no less than 12 times. Beth Johnson from "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that "Nothing quite matches the crystal-shattering exuberance of hit Grace Kelly." John Murphy from musicOMH wrote that "It's big, joyous, dumb pop, and the only danger with it is that you'll be utterly

neg: Metre (music) and popular songs may draw heavily upon a limited range of metres, leading to interchangeability of melodies. Early hymnals commonly did not include musical notation but simply texts that could be sung to any tune known by the singers that had a matching metre. For example, The Blind Boys of Alabama rendered the hymn "Amazing Grace" to the setting of The Animals' version of the folk song "The House of the Rising Sun". This is possible because the texts share a popular basic four-line (quatrain) verse-form called "ballad metre" or, in hymnals, "common metre", the four lines having a syllable-count

neg: I taste a liquor never brewed lines of the first verse and in its final line. The poem exhibits several typical features of Dickinson's poems. Like most of Dickinson's poems, it was written in ballad metre, iambic lines that alternate between four and three beats to the line. This is a less regular, more intimate, version of the common metre used in hymns such as "Amazing Grace". The syllable count is not so strict and only the second and fourth lines are required to rhyme. As in most of her poems, dashes typically replace punctuation and there is an idiosyncratic use of capitalization. These were edited

neg: Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry scarlet bag. Officers' tunics included a unique "figure-of-eight" front gold braiding, while other-ranks wore hip-length stable jackets of dark blue with scarlet collars and cuffs. This elaborate uniform was discarded after the Boer War and at the 1911 Coronation the Ayrshire Yeomanry was one of only two mounted regiments participating to wear plain khaki. The former facing-colours were commemorated by scarlet piping on the breeches. The Ayrshire Yeomanry song, The Proud Trooper, was written as a poem following the Regiment's actions in South Africa and the first verse is now often sung, to the tune of Amazing Grace, when several

neg: One (U2 song) Tour, PopMart, and Elevation Tours, but was sung less often on the Vertigo Tour. The verse made a re-emergence on the 2009 legs of the U2 360° Tour; although it was not a nightly feature, Bono sang it very often, segueing into "Amazing Grace" and from there into "Where the Streets Have No Name" on most of the second leg. "One" has also been played at several benefit concerts, including the 1995 "Pavarotti and Friends" concert in Modena, the 1997 Tibetan Freedom Concert in New York, the 2003 46664 concert, at Live 8 in 2005, and with Mary J. Blige

neg: Amazing Grace (The Badlees album) the verse that jumps to a desperate wail during the chorus. This is light years away from Bret's calm crooning in "Time Turns Around", which features a sound that brings the listener to some dark, smoky jazz club in a time long past. The album is bookended by two more, Alexander-penned tracks. "I'm Not Here Anymore", sung by Palladino, is an unusual but, perhaps, appropriate choice to lead things off with a deep, melancholy mood of the almost whiney guitar, to the beats of marching drums and piano riff. The closing song, "In a Minor Way", is sung by Alexander

neg: Grace Denio Litchfield had a deeper meaning because "Only what one has earned is one's very own." Grace Denio Litchfield was born in Brooklyn Heights in New York City on November 19, 1849. She was the youngest daughter of Grace Hill Litchfield and Edwin Litchfield, an attorney. Litchfield's sister, Francese Hubbard Litchfield Turnbull, of Baltimore, was the author of "Val Maria" and several other books. She wrote almost constantly, both in prose and verse, since early childhood, and in spite of much ill health. She did not begin to publish until 1882. Since that year, her verses and stories were published in many

neg: Lost in This Moment Lost in This Moment "Lost in This Moment" is a song written by John Rich, Keith Anderson and Rodney Clawson, and by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in February 2007 as the first single from their album "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace". The single became their first and only Number One hit on the "Billboard" country charts in mid-2007. Prior to its release, the duo's highest-charting single was "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", which reached #11. This song is sung from the perspective of a groom at his wedding. In the first verse,

neg: Julia H. Johnston Julia H. Johnston Julia H. Johnston (1849-1919) was a Presbyterian teacher, author, and musician who wrote the lyrics to the song, "Grace Greater Than All Our Sin". Julia Harriette Johnston was born in 1849 in Salineville, Ohio but lived in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania most of the first six years of her life, while her father pastored a church there. At the age of six she moved with her family to Peoria, Illinois where her father was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Peoria. Her mother and grandmother were poets, and Julia Johnston originally wrote verse under the pen name, "Juniata."

neg: Amazing Grace despair for Cowper's benefit. Although it had its roots in England, "Amazing Grace" became an integral part of the Christian tapestry in the United States. More than 60 of Newton and Cowper's hymns were republished in other British hymnals and magazines, but "Amazing Grace" was not, appearing only once in a 1780 hymnal sponsored by the Countess of Huntingdon. Scholar John Julian commented in his 1892 "A Dictionary of Hymnology" that outside of the United States, the song was unknown and it was "far from being a good example of Newton's finest work". Between 1789 and 1799, four variations of

neg: Amazing Grace as a way of coping with the ongoing tragedy, and a version of the song by Samuel Worcester that had been translated into the Cherokee language became very popular. Although "Amazing Grace" set to "New Britain" was popular, other versions existed regionally. Primitive Baptists in the Appalachian region often used "New Britain" with other hymns, and sometimes sing the words of "Amazing Grace" to other folk songs, including titles such as "In the Pines", "Pisgah", "Primrose", and "Evan", as all are able to be sung in common meter, of which the majority of their repertoire consists. A tune named "Arlington"

neg: Amazing Grace 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"

neg: Charlotte Elliott "an amazing legacy for an invalid woman who suffered from depression and felt useless to God's service." Dr John D. Julian wrote: "Though weak and feeble in body, she possessed a strong imagination and a well-cultured and intellectual mind... Her verse is characterized by tenderness of feeling, plaintive simplicity, deep devotion and perfect rhythm. She sang for those in sickness and sorrow as very few others have ever done." Charlotte Elliott Charlotte Elliott (18 March 1789 – 22 September 1871) was an English poet, hymn writer, and editor. She is best known by two hymns, "Just As I Am" and