Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace ( Grace of the Sky in French) is one of the Protestant songs most known. The words were written by John Newton, in 1760 or 1761, and were probably published by Newton and William Cowper in 1779, in the collection of the Olney Hymns .

John Newton (1725-1807) was the captain of a Navire slave trader. May 10th, 1748, on the way of the return, during a storm, he knew a " large délivrance". In its newspaper he wrote that the boat was likely to run. After having survived this storm, it became Pasteur and renonça with the traffic of slaves, at the point to become militant cause free trade.

The melody familiar of this song was not composed by Newton, and the words were initially sung on many other melodies before being définivement coupled with this one. This melody is that of a very old Irish air. According to certain sources, it rather would have been borrowed from the slaves themselves.

Hymn protesting in the beginning, its melody is taken again with other words ( Gloire with you who stays died, Gloire with you Jesus,… ), in the catholic Liturgie, in Anamnèse (Memorial after the dedication).

The success of this Negro spiritual also caused a rebirth of Amazing Grace in the field of the Celtic Musique. It is today one of the airs most played bagpipe, and it was in particular recorded by Royal Irish Rangers or the Bagad de Lann-Bihoué.

Words

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved has wretch like me;
I ounce was lost goal now I' m found,
Was blind, goal 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.

The Lord has promised good to me;
His Word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion Be;
As long ace life endure.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I cuts already become.
Twice grace that brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead custom home.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
has life off joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dissolves like snow,

The sun forbear to shine;
Goal God, Who called me young stag below,
Will Be forever mine.

(and, not written by Newton…)

When we' ve been there ten thousand years
Bright shining ace the sun,
We' ve No less days to sing God' S praise
Then when we' D first begun.

or

the Grace of the Sky is descended

to save Me hell.
I was lost, I am found,
Aveugle, and I see clearly.

the Good god opened the sky to me.

His/her Son died for me.
It is thanks to Jesus, my saver,
Which I received the faith.

When I sing ten thousand years

In His choral society of the Angels,
I will have done nothing but begin
to sing His praises.

Of all the dangers of the life,

the grace is my shelter.
It is this same grace which will bring me
To the doors of the paradise.

OR:

infinite Grâce, O which beautiful gift

For me, sinning, which believe
I were lost, I have forgiveness
Aveugle, but I see

It thanks to put fear in me

And me delivered of it
O invaluable grace to my faith
When I yielded
to it

Through infinite times

the songs of your elected officials
Will be always your glory, O Christ
As at time when I believed

Recovery

This song was recorded with very many recoveries, and this in particular by:

External bonds

  • To listen to the song

  • Partition of Amazing Grace on the site of the academy of Lyon (France)

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