Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship ‎#189

189. 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
• Title: Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound
• Author: John Newton (1779, alt.)
• Author (stanza 5): Anonymous
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Topic: Service of the Word: Songs of Assurance; The Service of the Word: Songs of Assurance

Tune Information

• Name: NEW BRITAIN
• Adapter: Edwin O. Excell (1900)
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: D Major