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Text:Amazing Grace!
Author (attr. to) (st. 5):John Rees, fl.1859
Author (sts. 1-4):John Newton, 1725-1807
Tune:NEW BRITAIN
Harmonizer:Edwin O. Excell, 1851-1921

757. 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 first 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 has 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 (sts. 1-4): John Newton, 1725-1807
Author (attr. to) (st. 5): John Rees, fl.1859
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2016
Topic: Grace; Mercy
Tune Information
Name: NEW BRITAIN
Harmonizer: Edwin O. Excell, 1851-1921
Meter: CM
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Virgina Harmony, 1831



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