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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.
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Amazing grace! how
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sweet the
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sound,
That saved a
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wretch; like
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me!
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I
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once was
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lost, but
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now am
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found,
Was blind, but
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now
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I
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see.
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’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
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'Twas grace that taught my
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heart to
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fear,
And grace my
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fears
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relieved;
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How
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precious did
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that grace
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appear
The hour I
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first
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believed!
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The Lord hath promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
The Lord hath promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.
G
The Lord hath promised
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good to
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me,
His word my
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hope
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secures;
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He
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will my
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shield and
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portion
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be
As long as
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life
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endures.
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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.
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.
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When we've been there ten
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thousand
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years,
Bright shining
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as the
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sun,
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We've
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no less
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days to
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sing God's
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praise
Than when we
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first
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begun.
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Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Mmmmmh! Grace, God's grace is amazing. It is a supernatural discrimination, it is divine partiality. It qualifies and elects the undeserved. I AM A LIVING PROOF!
I love this song. This song makes me cry and makes me remained the wrong I did in my life.
I like this song.
Detroit, Michigan, United States
I previously wrote on 2/2015 that the last stanza of this most popular of all English hymns was written by American slaves. This is another testimony of how amazing is grace, that a converted slave trader would have his greatest hymn finished by the slaves he had mistreated.
Today I found out that this tune was also written by slaves. The tune is a plantation song titled "Loving Lambs".
Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
I am in a good place.
I woke up this morning with that feeling, and the word Grace immediately came to my thought.
I have not sung the hymn in a while, I felt compelled to sing and the only words I remembered, are in the second verse.
I don't have my hymn book with me. I am on holiday. So here I am on the balcony, with my phone, having used it to sing all the verses.
Grace! So amazing!!!
God answers prayers!
Lebanon, Illinois, United States
What powerful words and what true meaning this song is and has.
Aba, Abia, Nigeria
What an Amazing grace I receive everyday from the right thrown of grace. It is thrilling indeed as without God's grace I am no where to be found....
Atwater, CA, United States
My mother-in-law has dementia and is on her last journey, and I sing this song to her daily. Once in a while she will sing the verses with me and I know that she is in a good place.
Tampa, FL, United States
I was reminded of this hymn, when President Obama sang it at the funeral of his friend. For my birthday, I began listening, singing and giving my heart back to God. This July 2017. Praise God for Grace and Mercy. Amen, amen and amen
Fort Myers, Florida, United States
John Newton, writer of this song, was a slave trader. He saw the injustice and horror of his business and gave his life to God. When you listen you can hear it in his words.