Out of the Depths: The Autobiography of John Newton

¿Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me¿¿ So begins one of the most beloved hymns of all time. This is the autobiography of the man who penned those words. John Newton, the self-proclaimed ¿wretch,¿ was an active slave trader for several years until, on a homeward voyage through a violent storm, he experienced what he was later to refer to as his ¿great deliverance.¿ He tells of the events that led him from sin and bondage to a life transformed by God¿s amazing grace.