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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
G
About this Hymn
Before John Newton, a former slave trader, was appointed to the pastorate of Olney, he confided, "I am unworthy of the high honor of speaking in his name, but, if ever he permits me, grace, free grace, must be the substance of my discourse—to tell the world from my own experience that there is mercy for blasphemers, for the most hardened, the most complicated wretches."
Lyrics
Verse 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.
Verse 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!
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 5
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow; the sun forbear to shine; but God, who called me here below, will be forever mine.
Verse 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.
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.
Verse 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!
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 5
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow; the sun forbear to shine; but God, who called me here below, will be forever mine.
Verse 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.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Sts. 1–5, John Newton, 1773; st. 6, Elhanan Winchester, 1784, alt.
Music: Columbian Harmony, 1829; arr. Edwin O. Excell, 1909, alt.
Music: Columbian Harmony, 1829; arr. Edwin O. Excell, 1909, alt.