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This is a special edition of Believe Together, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the hymn Amazing Grace written by John Newton. The hosts, Peter and Jenny, discuss the spiritual meaning of names and share jokes. They also talk about a talk given by Tom Puryear about John Newton, his early life, involvement in the slave trade, and his transformation after a violent storm at sea. Newton eventually became a minister and wrote hymns with William Cowper. The hymn Amazing Grace became globally known and loved. Welcome to Believe Together, a Churches Together in Kincham Salt Lake production for KTCRFM 105.8 and online. Welcome to Believe Together, a Churches Together in Kincham Salt Lake production for KTCRFM 105.8 and online. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I'm found. Was blind, but now I see. T'was grace that taught my heart to fear. And grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear. The hour I first believed. Through many dangers, toils and snares. I have already come. T'was grace that brought us safe thus far. And grace will lead us home. When we've been here a thousand years. Light shining in the dark. We've no less days to sing God's praise. Than when we first begun. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I'm found. Was blind, but now I see. Welcome to this special edition of Believe Together. Now, after that excellent introduction, you may be making some guesses about what this special edition is all about. Well, if I tell you that it's all about a man who called himself that old African blasphemer. Would that help you to guess who it is about? Well, maybe not. Because the man concerned was not actually from Africa. And he ended up as one of the leading churchmen of his age. But then, okay, we have started with Amazing Grace. And why have we got a special edition about Amazing Grace this year? Because it is the 250th anniversary of the writing of that famous old hymn. And who wrote it? John Newton. His words were later put to the tune New Britain. Now, no one actually knows who wrote that tune. But that is the tune that we now associate with this great hymn. Well, yes, hello, I'm Peter. And I'm really excited to be with you for this coming hour on this special edition. Yes, and I'm Jenny. Now, we're going to have our usual just for fun quiz. So, let's start straight away with question number one. What is the spiritual meaning of the name John? Now, do you know the meaning of the name John? Do you know why your parent or parents called you by the name you have? Have you changed your name for any reason? God knows not just our name, and we don't have to live up to whatever it means, but the real us, which is excellent. Right, talking about names, before we play the lovely song He Knows My Name by Don Mohan, I think Jenny's got a couple of jokes for us. Over to you. Yes, three actually, Peter. All right. Now, what do you call a man who can't stand up? I've no idea. Neil. Oh. What do you call a woman sitting on a loaf of bread? Er, pass. Marge. Oh. And what do you call a man driving a truck? Er, driver. Lorry. Lorry, oh, goodness me. Driver. Let's have the music. I have a maker He formed my heart Before even time began My life was in His hands He knows my name He knows my every thought He sees each tear that falls And hears me when I call I have a father He calls me his own He'll never leave me No matter where I go And he knows my name Yes, he does. He knows my every thought He sees each tear that falls And hears me when I call He knows your name He knows your every thought And he sees your tears that fall And hears you when you call He hears you when you call Yes, he does. He hears us when we call Peter and I were very pleased to hear a few weeks ago that somebody was giving a talk all about John Newton locally. Now, the man who was going to give the talk is called Tom Puryear and, in fact, we were disappointed to miss the first part of the talk but we did get to the second part and this was at St Michael's Church in Burnet just outside Keynesham so it was really lovely going to this village church. The last time I was in Burnet was many years ago when we went on a treasure hunt all around the local churches but we didn't go inside the church so it was lovely to be inside. Now, St Michael's Burnet dates from the 13th century and it's a Grade II listed building. It contains a monumental brass to John Cutts, the Mayor of Bristol from 1575 so, you see, it's a very old church. We really enjoyed Tom's entertaining talk about John Newton and you'll hear some bits from his talk and, in fact, some of it from his own mouth later on. Let's hear what some of the other folk who went to this talk thought of it afterwards. I think the whole story of his life and the progression through his life was a combination of his great faith which is not what this instrument stands alone is the whole journey of creation and the stories used to be told and everything absolutely caught on. Yes, it was. But that mattered because we're all going out having had a lovely experience partly because he knows this object and he delivers it in such an impeccable way that there are bits of that you won't forget. The speech given by John was exceptionally good very dramatic, very interesting and thoroughly enjoyable and indeed a knowledgeable and I think I learned a lot. Right, well, without further ado let's listen to some of the things or a summary of some of the things that we were learning that night read here by George. He was born on 24th July 1725 to a devout, non-conformist mother and a father who was a merchant ship captain. As a boy, he lived in Red Lion Street, Wapping not far from the Tower of London. His mother died of TB when John was almost 7 years old and by the age of 11 he was accompanying his father on sea voyages. He fell in love with Mary Catlett later known as Polly. At age 18, he was pressed into service with the Royal Navy. After attempting to desert he was relieved of his post and sent aboard a passing slave vessel. He later served as a sailor aboard several ships involved in it and while sailing the seas he taught himself Latin and Geometry and rose to the rank of Master in Charge of Navigation. From 1745, he began his work on the Plantain Islands buying slaves, imprisoning them and selling them on to the slave ships. He then moved on to another slave trader. He ended up on a ship called the Greyhound returning to England. He had started reading Thomas A. Kempis' book The Christian Pattern, The Imitation of Christ and when he awoke on the ship to find himself caught in a violent storm and about to sink he prayed for God's mercy and the storm died down. From that moment on, he was a changed man. After four more weeks at sea the Greyhound finally made it to Ireland. This experience marked the beginning of his journey back to his faith though he did continue to work in the slave trade. In 1750, he married Polly and then went off to captain various slave trade ships. While birthed in the West Indies he met Alexander Colney who was a member of the Dissenters Chapel in London. They spent many hours discussing prayer, faith and the Bible. In November 1754, illness ended his sea career. He went around London listening and talking with renowned evangelical preachers. In 1755, he took a job in Liverpool and had time to meet with preachers and evangelists such as George Whitfield and John Wesley. Now my leprosy mission diary verse for the week says and it's from the book of Daniel in the Bible Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens and those who lead many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. Now I'm gonna let it shine I won't let Satan blow it out I'm gonna let it shine I won't let Satan blow it out I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine All the time I won't hide it under a bush, oh Lord I'm gonna let it shine I won't hide it under a bush, oh Lord I'm gonna let it shine I won't hide it under a bush, oh Lord I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine All the time This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine This little light of mine I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine, let it shine All the time That was This Little Light of Mine Now let's move on to the second quiz question just for fun and it is based on what we heard earlier about John Newton It's this What book did he read which helped him when the ship he was in was floundering? Hmm Right, well now for some more jokes I started reading a book about anti-gravity It's impossible to put down Oh Next one I started reading a book about mazes I got lost in it Hmm, oh And I wanted to visit the local library but it was overbooked Yes, thank you, right Let's have another look at the life of John By 1757 Newton was considering joining the ministry himself On his 33rd birthday he made his decision but he was not ordained until 1764 when he accepted a curacy at St Peter and St Paul only in Buckinghamshire He preached tirelessly to his large, poor congregation and led fellowship and prayer groups and lectures and developed meetings for children for young and inquiring persons and for experienced Christians In 1767 the poet William Cowper settled in Olney and he and John Newton began a friendship that lasted until Cowper's death William and John began writing hymns They were published as The Olney Hymns in 1779 which contains 68 hymns by Cowper and 280 by Newton Hymns you may know include Hark my soul, it is the Lord Jesus, where'er thy people meet O for a closer walk with thee There is a fountain filled with blood And God moves in a mysterious way Those are all Cowper hymns Newton's well-known hymns include I see the name of Jesus sound in a believer's ear And glorious things of thee are spoken Cowper's character and spiritual experiences were very different to Newton's and on 1 January 1773 after hearing Newton's sermon which probably introduced the words of Amazing Grace that known globally and much loved him William Cowper was walking in a field around Olney when he was struck by a terrible premonition that the curse of madness was about to fall on him again as he'd suffered considerably already from depression He struggled to make a declaration of faith in poetic form before the darkness closed in on him and he wrote God moves in a mysterious way the last hymn he wrote but he did live for another 27 years So here's just one of the many hymns that John Newton wrote Glorious things of thee are spoken Glorious things of thee are spoken Triumph is in the Lord God He who would stand up before Him Only for His own abode God of God, the Great and Powerful God and King by true devotion Praise the name of God the Father Now and for evermore See the streams of living water Streaming from each and all hour Melt the dark like sun and darkness And all fear of one will lose Truth and faith in such a living Never be the curse of sin Faith in Christ the Lord the living Never sin from age to age Christ is heavenly King of glory King of power and pride of wisdom Lord of glory and of glory Glory that the Lord is near Christ is rising from the dead Night by night and day by day Faith and fear of God the Father Reaching each and every way One of our good friends David Brisington produces a very different show on this radio station Let's hear him tell you all about it Hi, I'm Dave Brisington and it's my pleasure to present the Country Hour on KTCR 105.8 FM You will hear classic country hits, old and new plus news on local clubs and gigs I'm looking forward to spending this hour with you Until then, keep it country! You're listening to Believe Together A Churches Together in Cambridge, Salford production for KTCR FM 105.8 and online After 15 years in Olney John Newton ended up back in London as he went to be the Rector of St Mary, Walmoth in the city in 1780 His ministry was not so well received there but he was way a lot preaching elsewhere He was in London for 27 years and sought to be all things to all men He formed the Eclectic Society Although this faded away, you might have heard of John Stott who did revive it in 1955 He was visited by William Wilberforce who was elected to Parliament aged just 21 He was drawn into a living faith Newton persuaded William Wilberforce not to abandon his career as an MP but rather to stay in public life and use his influence for good, which he did namely the abolition of the slave trade In 1788, Newton produced a pamphlet about the slave trade Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade which included a repentant confession of his personal involvement in the trade John Newton's beloved wife, Polly died in 1790 He continued to preach until his death on 21 December 1807 even though he became blind and increasingly feeble He died 9 months after Parliament abolished the slave trade in the British Empire He was buried in the crypt of the church alongside Polly When the church was being built, the crypt had to be cleared for the route to go underneath the church So their bodies were moved back to Olney Parish Church Well I wonder how carefully you were listening to that Thank you to Jenny for writing these summaries and thank you again to George for reading that one again Now, quiz question 3, just for fun What is the name of the hymn book that contains 68 hymns written by William Cooper and 280 hymns written by John Newton Remember, Cooper was actually spelled C-O-W-P-E-R What is the answer? What was that book called? OK, it must be time for 3 more jokes Right, why do we say Amen at the end of a prayer and not to our women? Go on Right Need, oh No comment OK, let's go back to John Newton and another one of his famous old hymns How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds We said earlier that we would play some of Tom Poyer's own words from his talk Well here he is summarising all he said He never forgot what he had been and how the grace of God had rescued him What he was and stayed in the fullness he was Monday to Saturday in real life He had a burning desire for men and women and children and young people to come to know the truth of the gospel and the loving kindness of God and he tried in the best possible way to be all things to all men so that he might win the Son He refused to get involved in theological disputes much less become as so many did angry and judgmental in their arguments with others He was a promoter of unity amongst Christians He extended the hand of friendship to hundreds and thousands through his example, through his conversations through his letters of writings he was a mentor to many younger Christian ministers He had a deep sense of compassion for the poor and vulnerable and he and Polly were the most generous and hospitable of people and his confidence in God seemed unshakable although he often expressed little confidence in himself or his virtues he was ever mindful of his vices although it's hard for anybody outside of these two of mine to know what vices there were and this is where there are two aspects of him and his beliefs I think strike this thought of note with our modern Christian perceptions and thinking His diet and his letters of concerns are saturated with descriptions of his own wicked and sinful heart and nature He was very much in tune with the prayer book He would most frequently acknowledge and beware his manifold sins and wickedness which provoked most justly God's wrath and indignation the remembrance of his sins was intolerable and grievous to him and he found the burden of sins horrible We don't have that sense of sinfulness in that generation and most generations of Christians before us have and another aspect of his belief in sins probably was not quite in tune with our thinking although I may do some of you a missed justice He saw everything that happened large or small, happy or sad, success or failure as all being part of the providential hand of God Everything that happened was for our best When his beloved niece Eliza I haven't said her name right came to live with Pauline himself when she was 11 She came, it was because both her parents and her two siblings had died of TB She was apparently the sweetest disposition and John and Pauline loved her dearly but she too succumbed to TB and after two and a half years with them she died aged 14 of five people from all the TB and loads of her deputies walking in the garden saying prayers for her On being told she is gone he went back into Eliza's room with Pauline and in his own words he said we fell on our knees and I return to my most unfeigned thanks to our God and Saviour for his abundant goodness to her crowned in this last instance by giving her so gentle a disposition and later he wrote to her and I still weep for her more or less every day but I thank the Lord I have not clocked one tear of sorrow So I am not sure we are like that today not for him, the anguished cries of the psalmist or even his dear friend Cooper for Newton, all God's feelings for us were all the very best Now I am just going to end this really well asking now but I come back to his thoughts about Christian unity and diversity and I think this is a message for all ages but maybe true for our age true for the Shepherds Union at the moment He writes this Thus, though all true Christians agree in asserting the authority and right of the Lord Jesus as King and Head of His Church yet the various ideas they frame of the rule or standard to which he requires them to conform and their attachments to their own conceptions of it separate them almost as much from each other as if they were not united in by a principle of living faith their petty differences form them into many separate churches and the fury with which they defend their own ideas and oppose all that cannot agree with them in every minute point makes them forget that they are children in the same family and servants of the same master and while they vex and worry each other with disputations and ventures the world is berupted by all this and laughs at them all the spirit of laugh is restrained offences are multiplied and Satan is gratified by beholding the extensive efforts of his pernicious and long-practiced maxim defy and conquer as St. Paul says we should accept one another just as Christ has accepted us in order to bring praise to God and I think that's one of the many marks of the man a wonderful man and I look forward to meeting him in Heaven Thank you very much Yes, one day we can meet John Newton in Heaven and discuss all these things Right now, let's have another one of his famous old hymns Approach My Soul A Mercy Seat Approach My Soul A Mercy Seat Where Holy One And Helpless Meet There Fall Before My Judge's Feet Thy Promises My Only Plea, O God Send Wings To Lift The Clutches And You Dwell Between The Jerebin From War Without And Fear Within Relieve The Grief From The Shoulders Of Crumbling Men O God, What You Must Receive O God, What You Must Receive My God, O What Striking Blows Today Fashion My Heart In Your Alchemy With Blasting From The Devil's Perjury Ensure Thy Grace My Jesus Speaks I Must, I Will, I Do Believe O God, O God What You Must Receive My God, O What Striking Blows Today O God, What You Must Receive My God, O What Striking Blows Today Approach My Soul A Mercy Seat Where Holy One And Helpless Meet There Fall Before My Judge's Feet Thy Promises My Only Plea, O God And now, if you'd like to contact us in the team through phone, text message or WhatsApp please use Peter's number which is 07879402114 That's 07879402114 If you want to message us through Facebook please search up Believe Together Radio Now, if you want to listen to the shows live they are on Wednesdays from 4 to 5pm and then repeated on Sundays 8 to 9am on KTCR FM Radio 105.8 FM or DAB Plus or www.ktcrfm.com Then you can listen again anytime for the next two weeks at www.ktcrfm.com slash listen dash again You can search up on your favourite podcast site for Believe Together For the playlist, this week's news and useful contact info please go to our Facebook which is Believe Together Radio Thank you Blaise for that information Now before we get to the answers from this week's Just For Fun quiz let's have a different hymn from William Cooper again this time He was the partner with John Newton in writing all of these famous hymns This one is Hark My Soul It Is The Lord sung for us here by the London Fox Choir Hark my soul it is the Lord It's my Saviour near this world She does peace and peace to me Faithful, true and loved of me I live in a dream and dream And the music is my food God's people in heavenly light And I love them here tonight And a woman's tender care Is too much a charge she bears Yet she may forget for me Yet will I remember thee My little child, little child I heard that song so far The old bells are yet still ringing Freedom, Jesus, love and care Thou shalt be my glory soon When the work of grace is done A crown of thy glory shall be Faithful, true and loved of me Lord, it is my chief complaint That my love is weak and faint Yet I love thee and adore All glory to thy people Now, let's have those quiz answers I'm sure you've all been eagerly waiting for them Oh yes Right, well the first question was What is the spiritual meaning of the name John? Well, the answer is God is gracious Now, I wonder if you knew that A lot of people do know that Because John has been a very popular name over the years, hasn't it? I'll tell you just a little story about names from my own experience Well, the first child that my parents had Was a girl And they called her Iris And that was after her auntie, my mum's sister Then the second child they had was me And who did they name me after? Well, my name is Jenny But actually it's really Jennifer And I was named after something they'd heard on the radio We didn't have TV in those days On the radio was this comedian called Ted Ray And he had this show and in it he kept saying Jennifer And for some reason that made my parents want to call me Jennifer Well, there you are Well, well Yes, but then the third child they had was my brother And they called him John Now, you see, I think they thought God was indeed being very gracious to them Because at last they had a boy So there we are That's my little story Now, let's get back to the quiz The second question was What book did John Newton read Which helped him when the ship he was in was floundering Well, this is a book you may well have heard of I admit I haven't read it And it is a book by Thomas Akempis The Christian Pattern, The Imitation of Christ Have you heard of that, Peter? No Oh Alright then In that case, I guess you haven't read it either That's right But I wonder if you've read it Hmm Now, obviously it had a great effect on John Newton So it's just as well he'd read it Now, quiz question number three was What is the name of the hymn book That contains 68 hymns written by William Cooper And 280 hymns written by John Newton Well, that's a big hymn book It's called the Olney Hymn Book Olney spelt O-L-N-E-Y And Olney is a village in Buckinghamshire Of course, I never knew that until I learnt all about Olney So, well, that's interesting, isn't it? But fancy writing all those hymns But just two of them contributing to that hymn book I wonder if you've got any of those answers right Well done if you did Hey, you Have you ever felt like listening to our sister programme On a Friday evening to kick-start your weekend early? Then prepare for the opposite of calm It's The Lighter Show Hey, every Friday here at 4pm on KTCR FM Join us for the best possible way to start your weekend Remember folks, you're listening to The Lighter Show on KTCR FM Tough tunes, unique radio features Guaranteed to leave you feeling lighter Leave feeling lighter or your money back Barbra Streisand That's us, The Lighter Show Friday, 4pm We'll be seeing you You're listening to Believe Together A Churches Together in Ketrim and Salford production For KTCR FM 105.8 and online Now let's enjoy another one of Newton's great hymns May the mind of Christ our Saviour Sorry, my Saviour Brought to us by the Worship Team May the mind of Christ my Saviour Live in me from day to day By His love and power controlling All I do and say May the Word of God dwell richly In my heart from hour to hour So that all may see I triumph Only through His power May the peace of God my Father Rule my life in everything That I may be called to comfort Sick and sorrowing May the love of Jesus fill me As the waters fill the sea Him exalting, self abasing This is victory May I run the race before me Strong and brave to face the foe Looking only unto Jesus As I onward go May His beauty rest upon me As I seek God to win And may they forget the challenge Being only Him A friend gave me a very interesting book called a book of graces now grace of course is what you're meant to say before you eat to thank God for your food well it has all sorts of interesting graces in there written by all sorts of people in all sorts of contexts but as I was flicking through the book the other day I saw the words John Newton it says by John Newton the wandering sea captain and slave trader who later became an evangelical clergyman he collaborated in the Only Hymns 1779 May the grace of Christ our Saviour and the Father's boundless love with the Holy Spirit's favour rest upon us from above yes thank you indeed to John Newton for so many different poems and sets of words many of which have become hymns now where can we find out more about these two gentlemen who produced so many hymns well there is a Cooper and Newton Museum in Olney and if you want to find out more without going there you can go online and the website is Cooper and Newton Museum it is as simple as that but don't forget to spell Cooper C-O-W-P-E-R it does look a very interesting old building apparently it is one of the places that Cooper used to live at some point and it is now a lovely old building with many useful bits of information in there yes I'd love to go there I wonder what they sell in the souvenir shop now that would be interesting what souvenirs could they be selling from Cooper and Newton now as we said we went to hear this talk in a village church St Michael's Burnett and it was so lovely there now I don't know how many people usually go along but it was sort of pretty packed that small church for that evening yes it was and by talking to people we found out that some people were from the village and they do attend that church but some of them also go to larger churches at other times so they sort of get something different somewhere else but they support the local church and then there are other people who don't live in the village but they don't live far away they might live in Keynesham or Salford and they also go to a village church and support it and I think that's excellent isn't it Peter I love the idea it stops churches completely going to rack and ruin and being pulled down or sold off so that's a very good idea and it's a different atmosphere in a village church it's lovely oh yes so I thought that was really good yes I can back it up as well the first village church I ever went to being a London boy as I was when I went to university one of my friends there said he'd got some contact he'd just become the vicar of a small church near the university so we thought yeah ok we'll go along and visit the church we took a few others I was driving my car along there and when we arrived at this beautiful little village church on a Sunday evening we doubled the congregation with my car load wow but the beauty of that place the silence I still remember sitting in that church building with the loudest sound being the birds singing outside the church while we were waiting for the service to start yes it was a beautiful house of faith and love and we enjoyed going there several times well it's been lovely spending this hour with you again our time is nearly up so I'd like to say goodbye to you and trust that you have a good week now I'm happy to say goodbye as well but before we do and before we actually finish off we'll be happy now to include a blessing and then we'll be playing out this special edition of Believe Together with a modern version of that great hymn Amazing Grace this version has been written and is sung here by Phil Wickham This is Amazing Grace so yes it only remains now for us to say goodbye and then we can bless each other and others around us yes in Jesus name we now bless those who today produce the music the words for hymns and songs that we can use in worship in our church services and other places we bless these people with skill and with inspiration that they may provide things that we can really use to worship our great God Amazing Grace Who breaks the power of sin and darkness Whose love is mighty and so much stronger The King of Glory, The King above all kings Who saves the whole earth with holy thunder And leads the threatened in law and wonder The King of Glory, The King above all kings This is Amazing Grace This is unfailing love That you will take my place That you will bear my cross You laid down your life That I would be set free Jesus I sing for all that you've done for me Jesus I sing for all that you've done for me Who brings our chaos back into order Who makes the oceans our son and daughter The King of Glory, The King of Glory Who moves the nations with truth and justice Who shines like the sun in all of its brilliance The King of Glory, The King above all kings This is Amazing Grace This is unfailing love That you will take my place That you will bear my cross You laid down your life That I would be set free Jesus I sing for all that you've done for me Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy is the King who conquered the grave Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy is the King who conquered the grave Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy is the King who conquered the grave Worthy is the Lamb who was slain Worthy, Worthy, Worthy This is Amazing Grace This is unfailing love That you will take my place That you will bear my cross You laid down your life That I would be set free Jesus I sing for all that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me All that you've done for me