Text:Amazing Grace
Author:John Newton
Author (v. 7):Unknown
Tune:NEW BRITAIN
Composer:Anonymous
Media:MIDI file

144. 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 hath 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. Yea, 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.

7. When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.

Text Information
First Line: Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
Title: Amazing Grace
Author: John Newton (1779)
Author (v. 7): Unknown
Language: English
Source: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: The last stanza appeared as early as 1829 in the Baptist Songster, by R. Winchell (Wethersfield, Connecticut), as the last stanza of the song "Jerusalem My Happy Home." This is probably the most popular hymn in the English language--a television documentary was even made about it. Perhaps it is because its words so well describe the author: John Newton was a slave trader before coming to Christ. It was sung at the funeral of American president Ronald Reagan.
Tune Information
Name: NEW BRITAIN
Composer: Anonymous (19th Century)
Incipit: 51313 21655 13132
Key: G Major
Source: 19th Century American melody. Virginia Harmony, by James P. Carrell & David S. Clayton (Winchester, Virginia: 1831).
Copyright: Public Domain



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