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185. Amazing Grace

1 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now I'm 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;
'Twas 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
Meter: 8.6.8.6.
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Grace; Peace; Praise (3 more...)
Source: Olney Hymns, 1779
Tune Information
Name: NEW BRITAIN
Harmonizer: Edwin O. Excell (1900)
Meter: 8.6.8.6.
Key: F Major
Source: 19th-century American melody; Virginia Harmony, 1831



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