It's heard around the world and still has the power to move. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMAZING GRACE") PAUL ROBESON: (Singing) Amazing grace. SIMON: "Amazing Grace." The song was first performed on New ...

The hymn has known so many lives. “Amazing Grace”—250 years old this year—has been sung in churches and at funerals. It is a civil rights anthem, a civil religion anthem, a folk song, and ...