{"id":387,"date":"2008-09-07T19:02:49","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T01:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davintosh.com\/?p=387"},"modified":"2008-09-07T19:02:49","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T01:02:49","slug":"grace-like-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/07\/grace-like-rain\/faith-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"Grace Like Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve got a new favorite song. Not exactly new; it’s Grace Like Rain<\/em> by Todd Agnew<\/a> (iTunes link<\/a>), which is Agnew’s rendition of the 250 year old Amazing Grace<\/em><\/a> by John Newton. I love the song to begin with; adding Agnew’s gritty vocals makes it that much more appealing. <\/p>\n

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Amazing Grace<\/em> has been around since about 1772, but the lyrics still hold their meaning for today’s Christian.<\/p>\n

Amazing Grace<\/strong>
\nAmazing grace, how sweet the sound
\nThat sav\u2019d a wretch like me!
\nI once was lost, but now am found,
\nWas blind, but now I see.<\/p>\n

\u2019Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
\nAnd grace my fears reliev\u2019d;
\nHow precious did that grace appear,
\nThe hour I first believ\u2019d!<\/p>\n

Thro\u2019 many dangers, toils and snares,
\nI have already come;
\n\u2019Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
\nAnd grace will lead me home.<\/p>\n

The Lord has promis\u2019d good to me,
\nHis word my hope secures;
\nHe will my shield and portion be,
\nAs long as life endures.<\/p>\n

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
\nAnd mortal life shall cease;
\nI shall possess, within the veil,
\nA life of joy and peace.<\/p>\n

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
\nThe sun forbear to shine;
\nBut God, who call\u2019d me here below,
\nWill be forever mine.
\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many hymnbooks — and Agnew’s rendition — add the following verse, which isn’t attributed to Newton, but it’s got to be one of my favorites:<\/p>\n

\nWhen we’ve been there ten thousand years,
\nBright shining as the sun,
\nWe’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
\nThan when we’d first begun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some say it doesn’t fit well with the rest of the song, being “we” instead of “I”, but I still like it, and the thoughts of eternity it conjures.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t heard Todd Agnew’s music, take a listen. His album Grace Like Rain contains several other songs that are revamped versions of old hymns, treating them respectfully, doing an excellent job of conveying age-old concepts of the Christian faith. Thanks, Todd, for your work. I look forward to hearing your other CD’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve got a new favorite song. Not exactly new; it’s Grace Like Rain by Todd Agnew (iTunes link), which is Agnew’s rendition of the 250 year old Amazing Grace by John Newton. I love the song to begin with; adding Agnew’s gritty vocals makes it that much more appealing. Amazing Grace has been around since […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,12,9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith-worship","category-favorite-things","category-fun","category-old-things","category-the-deep"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davintosh.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}