With Heart and Voice ‎#126

126. 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 that 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 hath 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'd first begun.

Text Information

• First Line: Amazing grace— how sweet the sound
• Title: Amazing Grace—How Sweet the Sound
• Author (st. 1-4): John Newton (1779)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1989
• Topic: The Church in the World
• Source: St. 5: A collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790

Tune Information

• Name: NEW BRITAIN
• Adapter: Edwin O. Excell
• Harmonizer: Edwin O. Excell
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Virginia Harmony, 1831