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. The Lord hath promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

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 first begun.

John Newton (1725-1807)

Here in Thy name we are gathered

1. Here in thy name we are gathered,
Come and revive us, O Lord;
“There shall be showers of blessing”
Thou hast declared in thy word.

Oh, graciously hear us,
Graciously hear us, we pray:
Pour from thy windows upon us
Showers of blessing today.

2. O that the showers of blessing
Now on our souls may descend,
While at the footstool of mercy
Pleading thy promise we bend!

3. There shall be showers of blessings,–
Promise that never can fail;
Thou wilt regard our petition;
Surely our faith will prevail.

4. Showers of blessing,–we need them,
Showers of blessing from thee;
Showers of blessing,–oh, grant them;
Thine all the glory shall be.

Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

1. Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
‘Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.

2. Bold shall I stand in Thy great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am,
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

3. Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,
Which, at the mercy seat of God,
Forever doth for sinners plead,
For me, e’en for my soul, was shed.

4. When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
E’en then shall this be all my plea,
Jesus hath lived, hath died for me!

5. O let the dead now hear Thy voice!
Now bid Thy ransomed ones rejoice!
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness.

Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760

Trans. By John Wesley, 1703-1791