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下麵這段文字，在帖裏部分混亂了，不知為什麽不讓我編輯，試了幾次都失敗，更正在此！

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, and it may have been chanted by the congregation without music. It debuted in print in 1779, but settled into relative obscurity in England.