Simple Gifts / Amazing Grace - YO-YO MA

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Simple Gifts / Amazing Grace - YO-YO MA

"My wish for 2026 is that we can treat one another with dignity.

Flint Hills Prairie, Kansas

Video by Austin Mann & Taylor McKay @themavengallery

Special Thanks Patrick Dodd & Dave Cook.' from the video introduction

Amazing Grace

1 Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)

that saved a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found,

was blind, but now I see.

2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

and grace my fears relieved;

how precious did that grace appear

the hour I first believed!

3 Through many dangers, toils and snares

I have already come:

'tis grace has brought me safe thus far,

and grace will lead me home.

4 The Lord has promised good to me,

his word my hope secures;

he will my shield and portion be

as long as life endures.

5 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,

and mortal life shall cease:

I shall possess, within the veil,

a life of joy and peace.

6 The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,

the sun forbear to shine;

but God, who called me here below,

will be forever mine.

Ancient & Modern, 2013

Author: John Newton

John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumul­tuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide…' from Hymnary.org

Yo-Yo Ma

American cellist

Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955, Paris, France) is a French-born American cellist known for his extraordinary technique and rich tone. His frequent collaborations with musicians and artists from other genres, cultures, and media reinvigorated classical music and expanded its audience.

Ma was born to Chinese parents. A child prodigy, at age five he gave his first public recital, and he later moved to New York City with his family and made his Carnegie Hall debut at age nine. He studied at the Juilliard School under Leonard Rose and János Scholz before graduating from Harvard University (1977) with a degree in humanities. He was the recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize in 1978, and in 1991 Harvard awarded him an honorary doctorate in music..." from the article: Yo-Yo Ma American cellist

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