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Text:Grace! 'tis a charming sound
Author:Philip Doddridge
Tune:SILVER STREET
Composer:Isaac Smith

401. Grace! 'tis a charming sound

1 Grace! 'tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to mine ear;
Heav'n with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived a way
To save rebellious man,
And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace taught my wand'ring feet
To tread the heav'nly road
And new supplies each hour I meet
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown
Through everlasting days;
It lays in heav'n the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Grace! 'tis a charming sound
Author: Philip Doddridge (1755)
Meter: S. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1961
Scripture:
Topic: Christian Life: Salvation by Grace
Tune Information
Name: SILVER STREET
Composer: Isaac Smith (c. 1770)
Meter: S. M.
Key: B♭ Major



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