Category: Grace in the Lyrics

John Newton, English Anglican clergyman and poet (1725–1807).

“How industrious is Satan served. I was formerly one of his active undertemptors and had my influence been equal to my wishes I would have carried all the human race with me. A common drunkard or profligate is a petty sinner to what I was.”
John Newton, 1778^[3]

The message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of sins committed and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, “Amazing Grace” is one of the most recognizable songs in the English speaking world.

American historian Gilbert Chase writes that it is “without a doubt the most famous of all the folk hymns”^[1] and Jonathan Aitken, a Newton biographer, estimates that the song is performed about 10 million times annually. [^2]

(See below to learn more about forgiveness)

Amazing Grace (Long Version) lyrics

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

Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. (NIV)

What is forgiveness?

• Forgiveness, according to the Bible, is correctly understood as God’s promise not to count our sins against us.
• Biblical forgiveness requires repentance on our part (turning away from our old life of sin) and faith in Jesus Christ.
• One condition for receiving forgiveness from God is our willingness to forgive other people.
• Human forgiveness is a reflection of our experience and understanding of God’s forgiveness.
• Love (not obligatory rule-following) is the motivation behind God’s forgiveness of us and our forgiveness of others.

(Forgiveness Definition by Jack Zevada, Christianity Expert)

Albert E. Brumley, American shape note* music composer and publisher, prolific in the genre of southern gospel.  (1905-1977)

Brumley was born near Spiro, Oklahoma on October 29, 1905, into a family of sharecroppers. He spent much of his early life chopping and picking cotton on his family’s farm. In 1926, he enrolled in the Hartford Musical Institute of Hartford, Arkansas, and studied there through 1931. Brumley purchased Hartford Music Company in 1948.Brumley has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.  He has well known and loved songs such as Victory in Jesus, I’ll Fly Away, Turn your radio On, I’ll meet you in the morning, and Turn your Radio On to name a few of the over 800 songs he has written. (According to his Wikipedia biography)

His message of love and perseverance by strengthening the relationship with Jesus and God is an uplifting one that continues to resonate and is encouraging in life’s sometimes difficult journey. (See below to learn more about strengthening your relationship with Jesus)

Jesus Hold My Hand lyrics

As I travel through this pilgrim land
There is a friend who walks with me
Leads me safely through the sinking sand
It is the Christ at Calvary

This would be my prayer, dear Lord, each day
You help me do the best I can
For I need Thy light to guide me day and night
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand

Jesus, hold my hand
For I need Thee every hour
Through this pilgrim land
Protect me by Thy power

Hear my feeble plea
O Lord, look down on me
When I kneel in prayer
I hope to meet You there
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand

Let me travel in the light divine
That I may see the blessed way
Keep me that I may be wholly Thine
And sing ‘Redemption’s Song’ some day

I will be a soldier brave and true
And ever firmly take a stand
As I onward go and daily meet the foe
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand

Jesus, hold my hand
‘Cause I need Thee every hour
Through this pilgrim land
Protect me by Thy power

Hear my feeble plea
And O Lord look down on me
When I kneel in prayer
I hope to meet You there
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand

When I kneel in prayer
I hope to meet You there
Blessed Jesus, hold my hand

1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and there is one 
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Mark 11:24 Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, 
believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.