Out of the Depths 

“Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me…” So begins one of the most beloved hymns of all time. This is the autobiography of the man who penned those words. John Newton, the self-proclaimed “wretch,” was an active slave trader for several years until, on a homeward voyage through a violent storm, he experienced what he was later to refer to as his “great deliverance.” He tells of the events that led him from sin and bondage to a life transformed by God’s amazing grace.

1. Introduction and Letter One
2. Letter Two
3. Letter Three
4. Letter Four
5. Letter Five
6. Letter Six
7. Letter Seven
8. Letter Eight
9. Letter Nine
10. Letter Ten
11. Letter Eleven
12. Letter Twelve
13. Letter Thirteen
14. Letter Fourteen
15. Further Account of John Newton's Life
16. Some Remarks Made by John Newton in Familiar Conversation