671: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound


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 first taught my heart to fear
and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed!

3 The Lord has promised good to me,
his word my hope secures;
he will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.

4 Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.

5 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 first begun.

Text information
First Line:Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
Author:John Newton, 1725-1807 (alt.)
Author (st. 5):John Rees, 19th cent.
Publication Date:1982
Meter:CM
Topic:The Christian Life
Source:A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790, compiled by Richard Broaddus and Andrew Broaddus (st. 5)
Language:English
Tune information
Tune name:NEW BRITAIN
Adapter (attr.):Edwin Othello Excell, 1851-1921
Harmonizer:Austin Cole Lovelace, b. 1919
Meter:CM
Key:F Major or modal
Source:Virginia Harmony, 1831
Copyright:Harmonization copyright © 1974 by Abingdon Press. Used by permission.

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