Worship in Song ‎#185

185. 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 Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
'Twas 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
• Title: Amazing Grace
• Author: John Newton
• Meter: 8.6.8.6.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Grace; Peace; Praise; Salvation; Spiritual struggle; Trust
• Source: Olney Hymns, 1779

Tune Information

• Name: NEW BRITAIN
• Harmonizer: Edwin O. Excell (1900)
• Meter: 8.6.8.6.
• Key: F Major
• Source: 19th-century American melody; Virginia Harmony, 1831