Glory to God ‎#649

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; English; Kiowa; Muscogee; Navajo
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  2 Samuel 7:28
  ;
  1 Chronicles 17:16-17
  ;
  Psalm 73:26
  ;
  Psalm 142:5
  ;
  Psalm 145:1-2
  ;
  Luke 13:1-9
  ;
  John 1:16-17
  ;
  John 9:25
  ;
  Romans 5:20-21
  ;
  Romans 9:1-5
  ;
  1 Corinthians 15:10
  ;
  2 Corinthians 9:8
  ;
  Ephesians 1:6-7
  ;
  Ephesians 2:8
  ;
  Titus 2:11
• Topic: Assurance; Eternal Life; Grace; Thanksgiving; Trusting in the Promises of God
• 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.