Adventist Pioneer Library

The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound

  • No. 441
  • Words John Newton.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Amazing grace! how sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like me!I once was lost, but now am found;Was blind, but now I see.

2

'T was grace that taught my heart to fear,And grace my fears relieved;How precious did that grace appear,The hour I first believed!

3

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

4

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,The sun forbear to shine;But God, who called me here below,Will be forever mine.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «441» (large) with the reference line «354, 446, 147.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 354, 446 or 147); the four stanzas stand in the right column of p. 143, below hymn 440 and «John Needham.», with «John Newton.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «AMAZING» is set in capitals and small capitals; written in ordinary type here. The stanza numbers are printed without a period («1» … «4»); written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («grace !», «me !», «found ;», «relieved ;», «believed !», «come ;», «shine ;»); it is closed up here. «'T was» (stanza 2) is set with a gap between «'T» and «was», and is written so (like «'T is» elsewhere in this book); «'Tis» (stanza 3) is set closed; the printer's curly apostrophes are written straight. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6, like the referenced tunes). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance · No. 441 · printed page 143
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01