TEXTS TUNES AUTHORS HYMNALS

HymnalsThe United Methodist Hymnal378a


Text information
First Line:Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
Title:Amazing Grace
Transcriber (Navajo phonetic):Albert Tsosi
Author (st. 6):Anonymous
Author (sts. 1-5):John Newton (1779)
Meter:CM
Scripture:1 Chronicles 17:16-17
Topic:Salvation; Assurance; Grace; Hope; Redemption; Justifying Grace | Assurance; Heaven
Source:Phonetic transcription Cherokee, Kiowa, Creek, Choctaw as sung in Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference
Language:English; Native American
Tune information
Tune name:AMAZING GRACE
Harmonizer:Edwin O. Excell (1900)
Meter:CM
Key:F Major
Source:19th cent. USA melody
Media
MIDI file: UMH378.MID
Full text
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.	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.