Astronomy and Weather often go together and although I am an astronomer I sometimes like to talk about weather related events and here is one such story.
A furious Atlantic storm on March 21st 1748 so frightens John Newton, aboard a slave trader returning to Ireland, that he prays for divine mercy. Referring to his great deliverance in 1772 Newton now a minister and ardent abolitionist writes of his salvation in a hymn co written with the poet William Cowper.
The hymn Amazing
Grace becomes one of the most popular hymn in the English language.
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