Amazing Grace
by BalooSo the theme for January 2009 is A-mazing Games. Some how I got to thinking about songs for this theme, what could the boys sing? Just the first seven letters got me thinking about Amazing Grace. For me it is associated with Scotland, yet from a little bit of research it was written by an Englishman, John Newton.
You can find out more about the song by clicking here.
Having read the words, a Cub Master could use them as part of a Cub Master minute. Or on a family campout they could be read as part of a Scouts Own.
“Amazing Grace”
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That sav’d 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 reliev’d;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believ’d!
Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promis’d good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yes, 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.
John Newton, Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779)
