(Trad./Arr.: Bill Maxwell) Some believe that "Christian" is another word for "preachy." If that was the case, John Newton could not have been a Christian. He was a slave trader and was responsible for much pain and sorrow. One day he was literally hit in the head and in a light saw what the entire faith really meant: grace. Then he wrote Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I'm 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 dangerous t? and s? I have already come This grace has bought me safe this far And grace will leave me home When we've been there ten-thousand years Bright shining as the sun We've no less days to sing God's praise And when we've first begun Amazing Grace how sweet the sound That saved oh wretch Like me I once was lost but now I'm found Was blind but now I see
(Trad./Arr.: Bill Maxwell) Some believe that "Christian" is another word for "preachy." If that was the case, John Newton could not have been a Christian. He was a slave trader and was responsible for much pain and sorrow. One day he was literally hit in the head and in a light saw what the entire faith really meant: grace. Then he wrote Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now I'm 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 dangerous t? and s? I have already come This grace has bought me safe this far And grace will leave me home When we've been there ten-thousand years Bright shining as the sun We've no less days to sing God's praise And when we've first begun Amazing Grace how sweet the sound That saved oh wretch Like me I once was lost but now I'm found Was blind but now I see
