Amazing Grace! How Sweet the Sound

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1 Amazing Grac! How Swt th Sound NEW BRITAIN Dsignd for childrn in grads 1-6, contnts includ: Taching Stps Hymn Scor Author and Composr Information Hymn Activitis Prcussion Accompanimnt Hymn Introduction Rading Growing in Grac, a division of Clbrating Grac, Inc. (877) Pak Road, Building 800 Macon, GA Sampl Copy Hymn Discovry Sris

2 John Nwton s hymn, Amazing Grac! How Swt th Sound is on of th most popular hymns in th world. Your childrn will njoy xprincing th haunting, pntatonic mlody and th autobiographical txt that paints a vivid portrait of God s grac. KIDPags Us ths pags: With childrn who arriv arly In a small larning group As a tak-hom pag.mif a pag is snt hom, suggst that parnts and childrn work on th puzzl togthr. John Nwton: An Amazing Man As childrn larn this information, point out how God rvald His prsnc in John Nwton s lif. Emphasiz how h both rcivd God s grac and shard that grac with othrs. Amazing Grac Ocan Voyag Us this pag to hlp childrn larn th words of Stanza On. Grac Dcodd Us this pag to guid childrn to undrstand th maning of th word grac. Accompanimnt Prform this chart with Boomwhackrs, blls, or Orff instrumnts. Rproduc this pag for ach playr. Bring th parts in on at a tim, bginning with th top part, thn add th mlody. A Lif of Grac Dramatic Rading Enlist and rhars two radrs to prsnt this dramatic rading bfor singing th hymn. Ocan Voyag Answr: Grac Dcodd Answr: God is abl to mak all grac com to you -- mor than nough to mt your nds and to shar with othrs. 2 Corinthians 9:8 (paraphras) Dfinition: A wrtch is a misrabl, unhappy prson. Aftr rading John Nwton: An Amazing Man, ask childrn why Nwton rfrrd to himslf in his formr lif as a wrtch. Sampl Copy

3 587 Amazing Grac! How Swt th Sound 1. A maz ing grac! how swt th sound, that savd a 2. Twas grac that taught my hart to far, and grac my 3. Through man y dan grs, toils, and snars, I hav al 4. Th Lord has prom isd good to m, His word my 5. Whn w v bn thr tn thou sand yars, bright shin ing wrtch lik m! I onc was lost, but fars r livd; how pr cious did that rad y com; tis grac hath brought m hop s curs; H will my shild and as th sun, w v no lss days to now am found, was blind, but now I s. grac ap par th hour I first b livd! saf thus far, and grac will lad m hom. por tion b as long as lif n durs. sing God s prais than whn w first b gun. Sampl Copy WORDS: John Nwton, 1779 (sts. 1-4); Anonymous, ca (st. 5) NEW BRITAIN MUSIC: Bnjamin Shaw and Charls H. Spilman s Columbian Harmony, 1829; CM arr. Edwin O. Excll, 1900

4 op y C Joh n. o t n: w N An. Amazing. Man Sa m pl John Nwton ( ) was an English slav ship commandr who bcam a followr of Christ and a ministr. John s lif took many dramatic turns. His mothr did whn h was a child, and John soon joind his safaring fathr on xciting voyags. Latr, h joind th Navy, but h soon dsrtd. H was rcapturd and put to work on a ship that tradd slavs. H dcidd to bcom rich as a slav tradr, but instad h was forcd to bcom a srvant. His mastr tratd him brutally. A frind of his fathr finally rscud him. John survivd a bad storm at sa and othr brushs with dath. H bgan to rad th Bibl and othr rligious writings, and h trustd Jsus as his Savior. Nwton grw in his faith and bgan to study to bcom a ministr. H vntually bcam pastor in Olny, Buckinghamshir. H bcam known for his kindnss and car for all popl. His frindship with pot William Cowpr rsultd in th cration of a famous hymnbook calld th Olny Hymns, which containd th hymn, Amazing Grac! How Swt th Sound. Nwton s chang from a slfish slav-tradr to a caring ministr is a living portrait of God s grac at work!...

5 Amazing appar far portion snars hom ndurs Ocan Voyag Hlp John Nwton sail through th ocan to his hom! Color ach block that contains a word of stanza 1, shown at th bottom of th pag. Thn, add th punctuation to th words. grac how word first now am found has swt toils lif but dangrs was taught th saf shild lost good blind my sound that com was word but Amazing grac! how swt th sound, that savd a wrtch lik m! I onc was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I s. hour alrady savd scurs onc hop now hart blivd a promisd I long I rady many wrtch Sampl Copy lik m lif s

6 Grac Dcodd Sa m pl C op y What xactly is grac? It is a gift, an attitud, or an action givn or shard with somon who has don nothing to dsrv it. W nd to rciv and giv grac vry day! Rad th symbols across th top and down th sid of th CODE BOX to track th lttr that blongs in ach blank. Writ ach lttr in th corrct blank to discovr a promis in th Bibl about grac. 2 Corinthians 9:8 (paraphras)

7 Accompanimnt Alto Xylophon Alto Mtallophon Bass Xylophon # & #... & 43.. #. & # 3. & C Glocknspil F op y q = 88. Sa m pl Th mlody of uss only fiv nots of th scal: do, r, mi, sol, and la. Ths fiv-not mlodis ar calld pntatonic songs bcaus thy us only fiv nots from th scal and lav out stps four (fa ) and svn (ti ). Lad childrn to play th pattrns to accompany th mlody, using Orff instrumnts, Choirchims, rsonator blls, or Boomwhackrs. Orff instrumnt assignmnts ar suggstd.

8 A Lif of Grac Hymn Introduction op y (Altrnat two radrs) John Nwton livd a dramatic lif. His mothr did whn h was svn. At ag 11, h bgan lif as a sailor on his fathr s ship. C H spnt many yars transporting and slling slavs. But God s grac was at work in his lif. H survivd a bad storm at sa and othr brushs with dath. H bgan to rad th Bibl and othr rligious writings. pl H soon gav his lif to Christ. m Latr, h flt th call to prach, and vntually bcam a pastor in Olny, England. Sa Nwton wrot a hymn about his tstimony calld, Amazing Grac! How Swt th Sound. In his latr lif, Nwton hlpd th political ladrs of his day abolish slav trad. Nwton prachd through his srmons, his hymns, and through th dramatic tstimony of God s grac in his lif.