MINAKO HONDA / Amazing Grace

Song / John Newton

Amazing grace Minako Honda ( Jroom )

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace,how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind, but now I see

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John Newton(1725-1807) who made this tune England with the origin,
the father he was the owner of the Mediterranean merchant ship.
The mother died of illness, when him the child being, with the
father appeared to in navigation from at the time of 11 years old
and total six time did the navigation which is to at the time of
17 years old. The father afterwards became Canadian and Ontario
governor, but he drowned at the time of his 25 years old. At the
time of 18 years old he was summoned in the navy, but escaping,
he could catch there, were put out to long navigation to west India.
he was moved by the African slave merchant ship with the Mediterranean
in the middle, this time faced to Africa. In Africa and Guinea of
six months later as for the boat where it arrives, was sold at the
Sierra Leone of neighboring country as the servant. Then he suffered
from the starvation and the sickness, but certain captain from his
father the following his news is asked, him came to searching for
navigating. Newton who returns to England with 23 years old the
Atlantic Ocean Bermuda sea area boarded to the trade boat,
encountered to seven times thing storms there and praying to God.
He reached the point where from the experience Bible is read
under way, proselytized in Christianity. Drinking after that,
gamble and the riot were cut off. as for him who returns to the
England Riverpool appearing in the big navigation of three times
from the time of 25 years old, two times among the those were the
African slave trade boat. at the time of 30 years old he became
tide investigation official of the Riverpool port, Greece, studied
himself Heburai and the Syrian language in spare time and the pastor
of the most famous English state church became 32 years old, became
the priest with 39 years old. At the time of 60 years old he appealed
slave abolition from his own past experience, drove the English
slave boat system to abolition and increased. At the time of 42
years old with William Couper of the poet where he made one tune
in the praise collection of poems with this "Amazing Grace"
most loves to sing with especially America, in addition in
England it is one of the praise songs which are performed
even with the bagpipe. He at the time of 54 years old being
caused by London, the dying became with 77 years old, but the
area where first he become the pastor, he were buried in Olney.
Minako Honda(1967-2005) who sings this song here the Tokyo Katsushika
she was born, was brought up in Saitama prefecture Asaka city and
she debutted with 18 years old as an young singer, at the time of
25 years old musical was elected to the main caster of "Miss Saigon".
At the time of 36 years old first classic album "AVE MARIA" release
it did, the classic she advanced to the music circle in the vocal
due to singing utterance song method. At the time of 38 years old
she was diagnosed the acutely marrow characteristic leukemia and
was hospitalized, November of the same year died. She was 38 year old,
but that beautiful voice and lovely character makes many fans grieve.
this record was a little more than the only two weeks when she dies.


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