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Thread #6791   Message #1314701
Posted By: GUEST,SE
02-Nov-04 - 09:17 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Amazing Grace
Subject: Lyr Add: AMAZING GRACE
I have 16 verses:

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 releived;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed!

Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis Grace will lead me home.

Let God the Father, and the Son,
And Spirit be adored,
Where there are works to make Him known,
Or saints to love the Lord.

In evil long I took delight,
Unsaved by shame or fear,
Till a new object struck my sight,
And stoppedmy wild career.

I saw One hanging on a tree,
In agonies and blood,
Who fixed His languid eyes on me,
As near His cross I stood.

Sure, never till my latest breath
Can I forget that look:
It seemed to charge me with his death,
Though not a word he spoke.

My concience felt and owned the guilt;
And plunged me in despair;
I saw my sins His blood had spilled,
And helped to nail Him there.

Alas! I knew not what I did,--
But now my tears are vain:
Where shall my trembling soul be hid
For I the Lord have slain!

A second look he gave, which said
"I freely all forgive;
This blood is for thy ransom paid:
I die that thou mayest live."

Thus while His death my sins displays
In all its blackest hue,
Such is the mystery of Grace,
It seals my pardon, too.

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 heart and flesh shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall posess 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,
Shall be forever mine.

When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright, shining as the sun,
We've no less daus to sing God's praise
Than when we first begun.

I do believe, I now believe,
That Jesus died for me;
And through His blood, His precious blood,
I shall from sin be free.