Scripture Verse

The blood of Jesus Christ…cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7

Introduction

Words: Mrs. Eli­za­beth Mill­er, in The Gos­pel Hymn Book, by Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing, 1903), num­ber 166.

Music: Os­car A. Mill­er (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

When they cru­ci­fied my Sav­ior
On the cross of Cal­va­ry,
There a bless­èd fount was op­ened
For my cleans­ing, full and free;
And my sins were all for­giv­en
Just by faith in His shed blood;
They are washed away for­ev­er
By the crim­son flood.

Refrain

It cleans­eth me! It cleans­eth me!
The pre­cious blood of Je­sus
Fully cleans­eth me.
It cleans­eth me! It cleans­eth me!
The pre­cious blood of Je­sus
Fully cleans­eth me.

Now I plead the blood of Je­sus,
And He’s with me all the way;
I am hap­py and re­joic­ing
In His fa­vor ev­ery day;
In the bur­den and the tri­al,
There is none so kind as He;
My Re­deem­er is my kins­man,
And His blood saves me.

Refrain

He will robe me with white rai­ment
When my pil­grim­age is past;
And pre­sent me pure and spot­less
With the sanc­ti­fied at last;
I will sing His praise and glo­ry
Unto all eter­ni­ty,
Telling ev­er­more the sto­ry
How His blood saved me.

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