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Text:Amazing Grace
Author:John Newton, 1725-1807
Tune:AMAZING GRACE
Arranger:Norman Johnson, 1928-

307. Amazing Grace

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 Thru many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.

4 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
First Line: Amazing grace - how sweet the sound
Title: Amazing Grace
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807
Language: English
Publication Date: 1970
Topic: Grace of God; Salvation
Tune Information
Name: AMAZING GRACE
Arranger: Norman Johnson, 1928- (1831)
Key: G Major
Source: American melody; Carrell & Clayton's Virginia Harmony



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