Verse 1
ACnd can be that FI shoGuld gaCin,
an iFntereGst iCn my SGaviorD's bloGod?
DiCed He for me, who caAmused His paGin?
For mFe, who HCim to deaGth pursCued?
ACmaziGng loCve, how caFn iDt bGe
That thCou my LoFrd should dGie for mCe?
Chorus
AmazCing loGve, how caFn iGt bCe
That thoFu my GCod shouFld dGie for mCe?
HCe left His Father's thrFone aGboveC,
So frFee, sGo inCfiniGte HDis graGce;
EmptCied Himself of all but loGve,
And blFed for AdCam's helplGess raCce;
'TCis merGcy alCl, immeFnse anDd freGe;
For, CO my GoFd, it fouGnd out mCe
Chorus
AmazCing loGve, how caFn iGt bCe
That thoFu my GCod shouFld dGie for mCe?
LAmong my imprisoned spirCit lay,
Fast bouFnd in sAmin and natGure's night,
ThiGne eye diffused a quicAmkening raGy,
I woFke, the dungCeon flamGed with ligCht;
CMy chaGins fell ofCf, my heFart wDas frGee,
I roCse, went forth and follGowed thCee
Chorus
AmazCing loGve, how caFn iGt bCe
That thoFu my GCod shouFld dGie for mCe?
NGo condemnCation now I dread,
JeFsus, anGd alCl in HDim, is miGne;
Alive in HCim, my AmlivinFg HeGad
and clotFhed with rigChteousnGess divCine,
BoCld I approach the eFternaDl thrGone,
And claCim the crFown through ChrGist, my oCwn
Chorus
AmazCing loGve, how caFn iGt bCe
That thoFu my GCod shouFld dGie for mCe?