I want to share some more about the hymn "Amazing Grace". Earlier I was working on a new story called "Grace Song". Nathan is a character who loved this hymn and was always singing it when he was a child. I wrote a scene where his brother Lindsey has a dream about him singing the first and third verses.
As I shared last night this hymn that John Newton wrote has six verses. The following verse is a well known one that's included as being a part of this hymn in church hymnals.
"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."
From what I discovered, in researching the Internet, this verse is not one that John Newton wrote. It was added later, and actually comes from another hymn. But it's a verse with good words.
Here are the modern words to John Newton's hymn. Basically they're still the same words.
"Amazing Grace"
"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 call'd me here below,
Will be forever mine."
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