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Text: | Amazing Grace |
Author: | John Newton |
Author (st. 5): | John P. Rees |
Tune: | [Amazing grace! How sweet the sound] |
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 |
Author: | John Newton |
Author (st. 5): | John P. Rees |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1982 |
Topic: | Comfort; Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Amazing grace! How sweet the sound] |
Harmonizer: | Edwin O. Excell |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Source: | American Melody; Carrell and Clayton's Virginia Harmony |