The New Century Hymnal ‎#547

547. 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 has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.

4 My God has promised good to me,
whose word my hope secures;
God 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'd first begun.

Text Information

• First Line: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
• Title: Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound
• Author (St. 1-4): John Newton (1779, alt.)
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Topic: Comfort and Assurance; God: Covenant and Promises of; God: Grace of; Healing; Salvation; Year A: Lent 4; Year B: Lent 4; Year C: Trinity Sunday; Year C: Proper 19; Year C: Proper 23
• Source: St. 5 A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790

Tune Information

• Name: AMAZING GRACE (NEW BRITAIN)
• Arranger: Edwin O. Excell
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Columbia Harmony, Cincinnati, 1829