330. Amazing Grace

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 has 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
Author (vss 1-4): John Newton, 1725-1807 (alt.)
Author (vs. 5): Anon.
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2015
Topic: Funeral Mass
Tune Information
Name: NEW BRITAIN
Arranger: Edwin O. Excell, 1851-1921
Meter: CM
Key: F Major or modal
Source: Columbian Harmony, Cincinnati, 1829



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