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Amazing Grace

John Newton
(1725-1807)

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!1

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.2

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 earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Shall be forever mine!


 

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  1. The first couplet of this second stanza is quoted by Jim Kerwin in The Angel and the Speechless Priest Prophesy.
  2. This third stanza is quoted by Isaiah Reid in God's Way or My Way?
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