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Words:
John Newton, 1779. Exception: the last stanza is by an
unknown author; it appeared as early as 1829 in Baptist
Songster, by R. Winchell (Wethersfield, Connecticut), as
the last stanza of the song “Jerusalem My Happy
Home.” Music: “New Britain,” in Virginia Harmony, 1813 This is probably the most popular hymn in the English language a television documentary was even made about it. Perhaps it is because its words so well describe the author: John Newton was a slave trader before coming to Christ. |
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.
’Twas
grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed.
Through many
dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has
promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea, when
this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The world
shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun refuse to shine;
But God, who called me here below,
Shall be forever mine.
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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