Total Praise ‎#264

264. Amazing Grace

1 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now I'm 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;
'Twas 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'd first begun.

Text Information

• First Line: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
• Title: Amazing Grace
• Author (sts. 1-3): John Newton, 1725-1807
• Author (attributed to) (st. 4): John Rees, fl. 1859
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 2:8
• Topic: Assurance; Burdens; Comfort; Faith; Grace, Mercy, and Forgiveness; Promises; Providence; Security

Tune Information

• Name: NEW BRITAIN
• Arranger: Evelyn Simpson-Currenton, b. 1953
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Virginia Harmony, 1831
• Copyright: Arr. © 2000, GIA Publications, Inc.