Text:Amazing grace
Author:John Newton, 1725-1807
Author (v. 6):William Cowper, 1731-1800
Tune:NEW BRITAIN
Composer:Anonymous

670. Amazing grace

1 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.

2 'Twas 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 has brought me safe thus far,
and grace will lead me home.

4 The Lord has promised good to me;
this word my hope secures;
God will my shield and portion be,
as long as life endures.

5 What thanks I owe you, and what love–
a boundless, endless store–
shall echo through the realms above
when time shall be no more.

6 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.

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FRENCH -
1 Grâce infinie de notre Dieu
qui un jour m’a sauvé.
J’étais perdu, errant de lieu en lieux
quand il m’a retrouvé.

2 Ma vie fut complètement changée
du moment où j'ai cru.
Depuis ce jour
de tous les dangers,
sa grâce m’a secouru.

3 Dans mes épreuves et mes labeurs
suffisante est sa grâce.
Je peux toujours compter sa faveur
à chaque heure qui passe.

4 Quand nous aurons pendant mille ans
célébré ses louanges,
nous pourrons comme au commencement,
lui offrir nos hommages.

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CHINESE -
1 Qí yì ēn diǎn! He dēng gan tián!
Wǒ zuì yǐ dé shè miǎn!
Qián wǒ shī sàng, jīn bèi xún huí;
Xiā yǎn jīn dé kàn jiàn.

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MOHAWK -
1 Ioh ne ra a kwat ra o ten raht
ne se wa ah tsia tah kwen
wa ka a tsia a tah ton ha tie es kwe
ses ha tsia a tah tsen rion.

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CREE -
1 Mamaskach sakihiwewin
Kapimachihiwet
Pikwataw nikiwaihon
Anoch maka niwap

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OJIBWAY -
1 Kiheishawencikewin
kaapimaaci' ikoyaan
Ninkakippiinkwenaapan hsa
Nookom itahsh niwaap

Text Information
First Line: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
Title: Amazing grace
Author: John Newton, 1725-1807
Author (v. 6): William Cowper, 1731-1800
Meter: 8 6 8 6 CM
Language: Chinese (Mandarin); Cree; English; French; Mohawk; Ojibway
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Grace; Home; Languages other than English: Ojibway (9 more...)
Source: V. 5: A Collection of Sacred Ballads, 1790
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: NEW BRITAIN
Composer: Anonymous
Meter: 8 6 8 6 CM
Key: F Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



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