
Date of issue: 15.12.2014
Song language: English
Amazing Grace |
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 has 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. |
Yes, 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 call’d me here below, |
Will be forever mine. |
Zusätzliche Strophen |
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. |
Shall I be wafted through the skies, |
on flowery beds of ease, |
where others strive to win the prize, |
and sail through bloody seas. |