Scripture Verse

[They] said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. Revelation 6:16

Introduction

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R. Kelso Carter (1849–1928)

Words: R. Kel­so Car­ter, 1886. Ap­peared in The Re­viv­al Wave, by G. W. Wil­son & B. H. Ken­ne­dy (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1887), num­ber 110.

Mu­sic: Tuvalu R. Kel­so Car­ter, 1886 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

O, the rocks and the mount­ains shall all flee away,
When Je­sus comes to judg­ment the last great day;
And no re­fuge can shel­ter, no co­vert can hide
The soul that hath re­ject­ed the Cru­ci­fied.

Refrain

Sinner, sin­ner, plunge in the crim­son flood!
There’s par­don, peace, and cleans­ing be­neath the blood.
Sinner, sin­ner, plunge in the crim­son flood!
There’s pard­on, peace, and cleans­ing be­neath the blood.

In the world there’s no plea­sure can ev­er endure,
The mo­ments are so fleet­ing, there’s no­thing sure;
For we fade as a leaf, and our time’s but a breath,
The Lord hath said the wag­es of sin is death.

Refrain

In the blood there is cleans­ing with­out and with­in,
And Jesus breaks the pow­er of can­celed sin;
He keeps us and saves us to the ut­ter­most,
Baptizes us with fire and the Ho­ly Ghost.

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