Amazing 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. // - John Newton (1725 - 1807): Amazing Grace
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素晴らしい主の恵み、何と心地良い響きよ、／惨めだったこの心を救う。／さ迷うこの身を導き給い、／見えないこの目を開き給う。／／ - ジョン・ニュートン (1725 - 1807): 『アメイジング・グレイス』（【歌える訳詞】岡本健 (1963 - )）
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