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Text: | Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound |
Author (st. 5): | Anonymous |
Author (sts. 1-4): | John Newton |
Tune: | NEW BRITAIN |
Arranger: | Edwin O. Excell |
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 The Lord has promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
as long as life endures.
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 first begun.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Amazing grace! how sweet the sound |
Title: | Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound |
Author (sts. 1-4): | John Newton (1779) |
Author (st. 5): | Anonymous (1790) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | The Church on Mission: Testimony; Eternal Life; Grace(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NEW BRITAIN |
Arranger: | Edwin O. Excell (1900) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | Benjamin Shaw and Charles H. Spilman's Columbian Harmony, 1829 |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |