649. Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound

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Text Information
First Line: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
Title: Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
Author (sts. 1-4): John Newton (1772)
Author (Navajo): Albert Tsosie
Meter: CM
Language: Cherokee; Choctaw; Creek; English; Kiowa; Navajo
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Assurance; Eternal Life; Grace (2 more...)
Source: St. 5 A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790
Copyright: Phonetic Transcr. Cherokee, Kiowa, Creek, and Choctaw © Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference;; Phonetic Transcr. Navaho © Albert Tsosie
Tune Information
Name: AMAZING GRACE
Arranger: Edwin O. Excell (1910, alt.)
Meter: CM
Key: G Major
Source: Columbian Harmony, 1829


Text Information:

As was his custom, the author wrote this hymn to accompany his sermon on 1 Chronicles 17:16–17, preached on January 1, 1773; he called it “Faith’s Review and Expectation.” Much of its current popularity comes from this now-familiar tune, an association that began in 1835.


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