Sampler ‎#713

713. 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 The Lord has promised good to me;
His Word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

3 Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

4 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: John Newton, 1725-1807
• Author (st. 4): John Rees, 19th cent.
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: Trust

Tune Information

• Name: NEW BRITAIN
• Meter: CM
• Key: E Major
• Source: Virginia Harmony, 1831
• Copyright: Setting Harmonized by Austin Lovelace © 1964 by Abingdon Press