Amazing Grace
Lyrics to Amazing Grace – song lyrics by John Newton
Amazing Grace – words to the classic hymn composed by John Newton, famous former slave trader who became converted and eventually a Christian minister—by God’s Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace – song lyrics by John Newton
John Newton (1725–1807), a former slave trader and later a Christian minister in the United Kingdom, wrote Amazing Grace based on 1 Chronicles 17:16, where King David marvels at God’s choosing him and his house. John Newton apparently wrote this for use with a sermon he preached on this passage on New Year’s Morning 1773, for which he left his sermon notes. (He entitled the piece, ”Faith’s review and expectation”.) Read More…
Am I a Soldier of the Cross?
Lyrics to Am I a Soldier of the Cross?
Song lyrics to Am I a Soldier of the Cross? by Isaac Watts, written in conjunction with a sermon he was giving on 1 Corinthians 16:13 Read More…
Almost Persuaded
Lyrics to Almost Persuaded
Song lyrics to Almost Persuaded by Philip K. Bliss (1871) Read More…
Star of the East
Lyrics to ‘Star of the East’, a Christmas Carol Read More…
The Wassail Song
Song lyrics to The Wassail Song, a traditional English carol that, curiously, has nothing to do with the Nativity.
Here we come a-wassailing
Among the leaves so green,
Here we come a-wand’ring
So fair to be seen. Read More…
Christ was born on Christmas Day
Song lyrics to ‘Christ Was Born on Christmas Day’, a traditional Christmas carol Read More…
The First Noel
The First Noel song lyrics
Song lyrics to The First Noel – traditional classical English Christmas carol. Noel is an Early Modern English synonym of “Christmas” Read More…
O Little Town of Bethlehem
O Little Town of Bethlehem song lyrics
Song lyrics to O Little Town of Bethlehem written by Phillip Brooks in 1867, inspired by his horseback journey from Jerusalem to Bethlehem on Christmas Eve 2 years earlier—”I remember standing in the old church in Bethlehem, close to the spot where Jesus was born, when the whole church was ringing hour after hour with splendid hymns of praise to God, how again and again it seemed as if I could hear voices I knew well, telling each other of the Wonderful Night of the Savior’s birth.” Music was composed by Lewis H. Redner, (1868) Brooks’ organist. The tune came to him on Christmas Eve, and was first sung the next day. Read More…
Do You Hear What I Hear
Song lyrics to ‘Do You Hear What I Hear’, a Christmas carol Read More…
We Three Kings of Orient Are
