Amazing grace! (how sweet
the sound)
That sav’d 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 reliev’d;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believ’d!
Thro’ many dangers, toils
and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promis’d good
to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yes, when this flesh and
heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the vail,
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,
Will be for ever mine.
John Newton
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