Psalms and Hymns to the Living God ‎#314

314. 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 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 The earth shall soon dissolve like snow;
the sun forbear to shine;
but God, who called me here below,
will be forever mine.

6 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. 1-5: John Newton (1779)
• Author (st. 6): Anon.
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2023
• Topic: Salvation

Tune Information

• Name: NEW BRITAIN
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major
• Source: Columbian Harmony, 1829