The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration ‎#202

202. 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 Thru 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

• First Line: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
• Title: Amazing Grace
• Author (st. 1-4): John Newton
• Authior (st. 5): John P. Rees
• Meter: C.M.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: Adoration and Praise: Jesus Our Savior; Assurance; Christ: Atonement, Crucifixion, Suffering and Death; Christ: Grace, Love and Mercy; Testimony and Praise
• Notes: Optional musical transition to "And Can It Be"

Tune Information

• Name: AMAZING GRACE
• Arranger: Edwin O. Excell
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Traditional American melody from Carrell and Clayton's Virginia Harmony, 1831