6/9/2023 0 Comments Amazing grace lyrics![]() The verses resonate with John’s own personal history as a recalcitrant young sailor in the shipping trade & Navy, as well as his later participation in the transatlantic slave trade. ![]() As David is encouraged to do in this passage, John talked about looking back at life and considering who you are now, as well as looking forward to what the future might hold. As with his hymns, John often used examples from his own life to help his congregation of lace makers, farmworkers, tradespeople, young people etc understand his message. John had decided to base his sermon on 1 Chronicles 17 v 16, 17, an ideal subject for New Year’s Day.
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