July 24

On July 24, 2 anniversaries fall in the history of the hymns in this library: John Newton was born in 1725; Josiah G. Holland was born in 1819.

Each date below is given only where two independent sources — Hymnary.org and Wikidata — agree on the year, and the day itself comes from Wikidata. Dates before the 1750s are given as they were recorded at the time, in the Old Style calendar where that was in use.

John Newton, who was born on this day in 1725, is remembered in this library for the hymns “Amazing Grace”, “How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” and “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”.

Josiah G. Holland, who was born on this day in 1819, is remembered in this library for the hymn “There's a Song in the Air”.

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