Amazing Grace John Newton (1725-1807)

AMAZING GRACE (C.M.) American

A-maz-ing 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 re-lieved;
How pre-cious did that grace ap-pear
   The hour I first be-lieved!

Through man-y dan-gers, toils and snares,
   I have al-read-y come;
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
   And grace will lead me home.

The Lord has prom-ised good to me,
   His word my hope se-cures;
He will my shield and por-tion be
   As long as life en-dures.

And when this flesh and heart shall fail,
   And mor-tal life shall cease,
I shall pos-sess with-in the veil
   A life of joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dis-solve like snow,
   The sun re-fuse to shine;
But God, who called me here be-low,
   Will be for-ev-er mine.

When we've been there ten thou-sand years,
   Bright shin-ing as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
   Than when we'd first be-gun.