Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#227

227. Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound

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.

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 first begun.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
• Title: Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound
• Author: John Newton, 1725-1807
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: New Birth; The Gospel: Repentance and Forgiveness
• Notes: Alternative tune: ARLIGNTON, No. 457

Tune Information

• Name: MCINTOSH
• Arranger: Edwin O. Excell, 1851-1921
• Key: G Major