Timeless Truths ‎#556

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

3 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 (1779)
• Author (st. 4): Unknown (1829)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Scripture:
  Romans 5:15
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Amazing_Grace); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/a/m/amazgrac.htm); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (510)

Tune Information

• Name: NEW BRITAIN
• Composer: Unknown (1829)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6
• Key: G Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Amazing_Grace); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/a/m/amazgrac.htm); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (510)