his autobiographical hymn, “Amazing Grace,” the most popular of all hymns in America. He was also the author of “How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” and “Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken.” During the transition period which followed the publication of the Olney Hymns, James Montgomery (1771–1854) wrote the Christmas favorite, “Angels From the Realms of Glory,” and Thomas Kelly (1769–1855) wrote “The Head That Once Was Crowned With Thorns.” The Nineteenth Century The new literary style of the nineteenth
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