Amazing Grace Song Analysis

After having read your post I was intrigued by the song “Amazing Grace” and it also educated me on who wrote the song and the history behind the song. I strongly agree when you stated “Dr. Donald T. Williams actually describes” Amazing Grace” as having the quality of poetic richness by “a simple but evocative word like “wretch” (Williams, 2009, p. 19-21). I would never think or even to evaluate the word “wretch” as a poetic richness in this song. This goes to show you that majority of Christian hymns has its meaning of “emotionally powerful text without making it unnecessarily difficult to understand” (Williams, 20).
The theological profundity that stood out to me in this song is “Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far and grace will lead