Text: | Amazing Grace—How Sweet the Sound |
Author (st. 1-4): | John Newton |
Tune: | NEW BRITAIN |
Adapter: | Edwin O. Excell |
Harmonizer: | 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 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 | |
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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 | |
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Name: | NEW BRITAIN |
Adapter: | Edwin O. Excell |
Harmonizer: | Edwin O. Excell |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Source: | Virginia Harmony, 1831 |