(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 hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. (4) 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.
2 | Beyond the Sun (1) Tho’ I claim no riches on my earthly journey, Over there in glory I’ve a mansion fair. While on earth an outcast, by the world rejected, Yet my Lord and Master saves me from despair. Refrain Far beyond the sun! Far beyond the sun! Up there is my home, my home, blessed home, Far beyond the sun! Far beyond the sun! Far beyond the sun! Up there is my home, my home, blessed home, Far beyond the sun. (2) So I travel onward, thro’ the world I wander, Oft beset by trials, and temptations sore; But my dear Redeemer, tho’ He tests and proves me, Yet will guide me safely to the other shore. (3) By His loving kindness to all generations, There is full salvation when life’s race is won. There’s a shining mansion, for each weary pilgrim, In that land of glory, far beyond the sun.
3 | Crown Him With Many Crowns (1) Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His throne; Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns All music but its own! Awake, my soul, and sing Of Him who died for thee; And hail Him as thy matchless King Through all eternity. (2) Crown Him the Lord of love! Behold His hands and side, Those wounds, yet visible above, In beauty glorified; No angel in the sky Can fully bear that sight, But downward bends his wondering eye At mysteries so great. (3) Crown Him the Lord of peace! Whose hand a scepter sways From pole to pole, that wars may cease, And all be prayer and praise; His reign shall know no end, And round His pierced feet Fair flowers of Paradise extend, Their fragrance ever sweet.
Used with permission of the Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Copyright, 1950.
60th SESSION OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE | SAN ANTONIO 2015 | 89
HYMNS & SONGS
1 | Amazing Grace