Renew! #189
First Line: Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
Author: John Newton
Author (stanza 5): Anonymous
Tune Title: NEW BRITAIN
Adapter: Edwin O. Excell
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 |
| Title: | Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound |
| Author (stanza 5): | Anonymous |
| Author: | John Newton (1779, alt.) |
| Publication Date: | 1995 |
| Meter: | C.M. |
| Topic: | Service of the Word | Songs of Assurance; The Service of the Word | Songs of Assurance; Service of the Table | Communion Songs |
| Language: | English |
| Tune information | |
|---|---|
| Tune name: | NEW BRITAIN |
| Adapter: | Edwin O. Excell (1900) |
| Meter: | C.M. |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | Virginia Harmony, 1831 |