Graça Sublime

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1 Oh! Sublime graça do Senhor,
Um perdido Ele salvou;
Eu estava cego e a luz me mostrou,
Da morte me livrou.

2 Tua graça me ensinou temer,
Meu temor aliviou;
Quão preciosa a mim devia ser,
Na hora em que me salvou.

3 Batalhas mil eu enfrentei,
Jesus comigo está;
Com Sua graça salvo velejei,
E ao céu me conduzirá.

4 Em todo instante, proteção,
O melhor deu a mim;
Sua voz será minha porção,
Até da vida o fim.

5 Falhando a carne e o coração,
E a vida mortal ter fim,
Sei que eu terei o meu galardão,
Alegria eterna a mim.

6 O mundo em neve derreter,
O sol a obscurecer;
Bem breve na terra eu vou ser,
Com Cristo vou viver.

7 Ansiamos Contigo habitar,
Com o sol a brilhar;
Sem fim os dias são e a Jesus vou louvar,
Quando eu for lá morar.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15168

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Author: John Newton

John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumul­tuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >

Translator: Daniel Borges

Daniel is mar­ried, with two daugh­ters and a son, and at­tends the In­de­pend­ent Bap­tist Church in Va­lo Vel­ho, São Paulo Cyber Hymnal Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: Oh! Sublime graça do Senhor
Title: Graça Sublime
English Title: Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
Author: John Newton
Translator: Daniel Borges
Language: Portuguese
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

NEW BRITAIN

NEW BRITAIN (also known as AMAZING GRACE) was originally a folk tune, probably sung slowly with grace notes and melodic embellishments. Typical of the Appalachian tunes from the southern United States, NEW BRITAIN is pentatonic with melodic figures that outline triads. It was first published as a hy…

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