{"id":61786,"date":"2016-07-11T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=61786"},"modified":"2016-07-22T17:17:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T00:17:47","slug":"amazing-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2016\/07\/11\/amazing-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Monday: Amazing Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been an acapella mood recently, so expect to see a bit more of that over the next couple of weeks. Here&#8217;s a rendition of the &#8220;Amazing Grace&#8221; by an all-female a cappella group\u00a0from Brigham Young University. Mormons singing a Protestant hymn, but my, they do it beautifully!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6Mtpk4jeVA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Amazing grace<br \/>\nHow sweet the sound<br \/>\nThat saved a wretch like me<br \/>\nI once was lost, but now I&#8217;m found<br \/>\nWas blind, but now I see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Through countless dangers, doubts and fears<br \/>\nI have already come<br \/>\nGods grace has brought me safely here<br \/>\nAnd grace will lead me home<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">My chains are gone<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been set free<br \/>\nMy God, my Savior has ransomed me<br \/>\nAnd like a flood His mercy reigns<br \/>\nUnending love, amazing grace<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">His guiding hand shall be my stay<br \/>\nHis strength with me abide<br \/>\nAnd though I stumble day by day<br \/>\nHe shall not leave my side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">My chains are gone, I&#8217;ve been set free<br \/>\nMy God, my Savior has ransomed me<br \/>\nAnd like a flood, His mercy reigns<br \/>\nUnending love, amazing grace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This earth will one day melt like snow<br \/>\nThe sun refuse to shine<br \/>\nYet God, who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">sent<\/span> me here below*<br \/>\nWill be forever mine.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll be forever mine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">* The more traditional line here is <em>&#8220;But God, who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">called<\/span> me here below&#8221;. <\/em>I haven&#8217;t confirmed it, but I have a suspicion that the line used in the video might be an attempt to sneak into the song the Mormon idea of pre-existent souls. I&#8217;m choosing to interpret\u00a0it in the sense that, while on Earth, God\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">sends<\/span> me to share the Gospel \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been an acapella mood recently, so expect to see a bit more of that over the next couple of weeks. Here&#8217;s a rendition of the &#8220;Amazing Grace&#8221; by an all-female a cappella group\u00a0from Brigham Young University. Mormons singing a Protestant hymn, but my, they do it beautifully! 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