Category: Amazing Grace

  • ACCORDING TO THY GRACIOUS WORD

    Amazing Grace James Montgomery, 1771–1854 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. (1 Corinthians 11:26) Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face; here would I touch and handle things unseen, here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, and all my weariness…

  • WORTHY IS THE LAMB

    Amazing Grace Words and Music by Don Wyrtzen, 1942– You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things, and by Your will they were created and have their being. (Revelation 4:11) Come, let us join our cheerful songs with angels round the throne;Ten thousand thousand…

  • WERE YOU THERE

    Amazing Grace Spiritual It was the third hour when they crucified Him. (Mark 15:25) Folk songs are generally described as songs of which the origins have been lost but which express the heartfelt traditions and experiences of a particular culture or people. Therefore, they become greatly cherished by each succeeding generation. The Negro spirituals represent…

  • ABIDE WITH ME

    Henry F. Lyte, 1793–1847 But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to tarry with them. (Luke 24:29 KJV) Yes, life is like the Emmaus road, and we tread it not aloneFor beside us walks the Son of God, to…

  • BECAUSE HE LIVES

    Amazing Grace Gloria Gaither, 1942–William J. Gaither, 1936– Because I live, you also will live. (John 14:19) Christ’s resurrection is our guarantee of at least two basic truths: First, He has the power to give His life to us and to bring us ultimately to glory to reign with Him forever. And second, His resurrection…

  • CHRIST AROSE

    Amazing Grace Robert Lowry, 1826–1899 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over Him. (Romans 6:8, 9) “Alleluia, He is Risen!” “Alleluia, He is Risen Indeed!” If…

  • CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY

    Amazing Grace Charles Wesley, 1707–1788 I am the First and the Last, I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! (Revelation 1:17, 18) What a glorious truth to ponder—Jesus is not the “Great I WAS” but rather the “Great I AM!” He is not only a…

  • THE STRIFE IS O’ER

    Amazing Grace Anonymous Latin hymn from approximately 1605English translation by Francis Pott, 1832–1909 Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1…

  • THE DAY OF RESURRECTION

    Amazing Grace John of Damascus, early 8th centuryEnglish translation by John M. Neale, 1818–1866 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ. (2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV) This hymn from the early eighth century is one of the oldest expressions found in most hymnals. Its origin is rooted in the liturgy…

  • ALL GLORY, LAUD, AND HONOR

    Amazing Grace Theodolph of Orleans, 760–82lTranslated by John M. Neale, 1818–1866 The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.”…