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[Michaelangelica]

Heard on the radio today an interview with a tattoo artist
Sailors 17 18C, 19C? England (often dragooned into service) would have an image of Jesus Christ tattooed on their backs to stop them getting the lash!

and
on TV tonight the man who wrote the words for "Amazing Grace" John? Newton was disciplined in the British Navy in 19C for being disloyal and insubordinate (I think he was dragooned too).
He traded in slaves until he was about thirty. He was the Captain of many slave ships. His health declined and he retired from the sea and then became the first English C of E minister appointed who had no university degree. (He had noble patronage) He went on to write hundreds(maybe 1,000+) of hymns.He also was a/an ( important(?)) supporter and encouraged Wilberforce in his anti-slavery campaign.

Hymns were written so they could be sung to any tune.
The tune we associate with Amazing Grace now was probably a Scottish folksong but it first came to notice in Virginia(?).

Two (at least) people sang Amazing Grace as they were going down the stairs of the Twin Towers on 911,encouraged by others trapped in the stairwell.