Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#108

108. 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 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 first begun.

Text Information

• First Line: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
• Title: Amazing Grace
• Author: John Newton, (1725-1807) (1779)
• Author Stanza 5: John Rees (c. 1859)
• Meter: C.M.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Scripture:
  1 Chronicles 17:16-17
• Topic: God the Father: Grace and Mercy of God

Tune Information

• Name: NEW BRITAIN
• Arranger: Robert J. Batastini (1942- )
• Meter: C.M.
• Incipit: 51313 21655 13132
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Virginia Harmony, 1831
• Copyright: Arr. © by G. I. A. Publications, Inc.