Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace has to be one of my all-time favorite hymns, despite the fact that it is so familiar and so well known. Since I just finished reading an autobiography by Newton, I thought it would be a good idea to post his most famous song. This particular version has seven verses, while five of them are familiar and dearly loved, I must say that I really like verse six here, “But God, who called me here below, Will be forever mine.” Though all I know on earth will fade away, God will forever be mine, Praise the Lord! You also can’t help but love the proper understanding of grace that Newton has as he describes it as not just what saved him, past tense, but also what saves him, present tense, and what will save him, future tense. Enjoy the lyrics again, and have a blessed and graced Lord’s Day.

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!

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

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,
Will be forever mine.

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’d first begun.