Page 34
NEW
BRITAIN.
C. M.
"And
David
the
king
came
and
sat
before
the
Lord,
and
said,
Who
am
I,
O
Lord?"-1
CHRON.
17:
16.
"
According
unto
the
multitude
of
thy
tende
mercies
blot
out
my
transgressions."-PS.
51:
1.
JOHN
NEWTON,
1789.
Key
of
C
Major.
1.
A
-
maz-ing
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.
see.
2.
'Twas
grace
that
taught
my
heart
to
fear,
And
grace
my
fears
re-lieved;
How
pre-cious
did
that
grace
ap
-
pear
The
hour
I
first
be-lieved!
-lieved.
3.
Thro'
ma
-
ny
dan-gers,
toils
and
snares,
I
have
al-read
-
y
come;
'Tis
grace
has
brought
me
safe
thus
far,
And
grace
will
lead
me
home.
home.
4.
The
Lord
has
prom-ised
good
to
me,
His
word
my
hope
se
-
cures;
He
will
my
shield
and
por-tion
be
As
long
as
life
en-dures. -dures.
5. The
earth
shall
soon
dis-solve
like
snow,
The
sun
for-bear
to
shine;
But
God,
who
called
me
here
be
-
low,
Will
be
for
-
ev
-
er
mine.
mine.
The
original
title
of
this
hymn
in
"Olney's
Selections"
is
"Faith's
Review
and
Expectation."
John
Newton
lived
in
wickedness
a
long
time,
but
finally
turned
to
the
work
of
his
Lord
and
Master,
and
entered
the
ministry,
and
was
a
power
as
a
preacher,
poet,
and
hymn
writer.
He
expresses
his
feelings
at
the
time
he
wrote
the
hymn,
"
Amazing
grace,
how
sweet
the
sound,
That
saved
a
wretch
like
me
!"
He
was
born
in
1725
and
died
in
1807.
He
was
a
minister
in
the
Church
of
England.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
the
name
of
the
author
of
the
above
tune.
There
are
numerous
claimants
of
it,
but
after
investigation
there
are
doubts
as
to
who
is
really
the
author.
The
tune
appears
on
page
8
of
"
Southern
Harmony,"
by
William
Walker,
in
1835.
It
is
believed
that
it
was
composed
early
in
the
nineteenth
century.
The
name
of
"
New
Britain
"
is
suggestive
of
the
source
of
the
origin
of
the
tune,
but
no
author
is
given
in
any
of
the
books
we
have
examined
of
the
music.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S.
James.
SUPPLICATION.
L.
M.
"
I
will
cry
unto
God
most
high."-Ps,
57
:
2.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1719.
Key
of
A
Minor.
O
Thou
who
hear'st
when
sinners
cry,
Tho'
all
my
crimes
before
Thee
lie, Be-hold
them
not
with
an-gry
look,
But
blot
their
mem-'ry
from
Thy
book.
The
above
tune
and
words
appear
in
the
Fifty-first
Psalm,
Watts;
"
Southern
Harmony,"
1835,
page
5;
also
in
"
Missouri
Harmony,"
in
1837,
page
26.
The
words
appear
in
the
"
Baptist
Hymnal,"
1833,
No.
296;
page
95
of
Watts'
"
Hymns,"
1719.
We
find
no
trace
of
the
author
of
the
tune.
It
was
published
in
the
"
Sacred
Harp,"
by
White
and
King,
from
1844
to
1869.