AMAZING GRACE

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:
And when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil
A life of joy and peace.

Verse 6:
When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing our [God's] praise
Than when we've first begun.


WORDS BY: John Newton
VERSE 6 FROM: "Collection of Sacred Ballads"
MUSIC FROM: Shaw's and Spilman's "Columbian Harmony"
ARRANGED BY: Edwin O. Excell