Charles Gabriel wrote "I Stand Amazed" well into his prolific song writing career. His was a career that saw him work with Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver - the Billy Graham and George Beverly Shea of the early 1900's.
If this source is correct, this beautiful song that praises Jesus' sacrifice was very personal to Gabriel, who earlier in his life had his first marriage end in divorce. The song rejoices in the precious forgiveness we have in the Cross and the incredible dedication Jesus had as he demonstrated God's love for us.
The song itself is made up of 5 verses, focusing on our unworthiness, the torturous hours leading up to Christ's death, and also the future privilege that will be ours to praise Him for His substitutionary sacrifice for us.
I couldn't find a live video of Chris Tomlin singing this, but I did find the video below with audio mixed with the lyrics and background images. As one who spent years running PowerPoint and video for worship services, I normally get really annoyed at typo's within the presentation. This song has one that repeatedly comes up, but it doesn't really bother me all that much due to the nature of what the typo is and the focus of the song overall.
Specifically I like this version of the hymn because of the way Tomlin controls the pace of the song. You might anticipate that the song is over after he sings through the second verse (which is actually verse 4). The crowd in the audio seems to think so. But he builds it back up and comes back with verse 5, appropriately casting our vision on our future in heaven, when "His face I at last shall see". This is excellent worship leading.
Enjoy:
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