Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Henry M. Wright (1849–1931)

Words: From the Sal­va­tion Ar­my’s War Cry, Oc­to­ber 20, 1881. The song was writ­ten to be sung to the tune for I traced her lit­tle foot­steps in the snow. Va­ri­ous sourc­es cre­dit the words to James C. Bate­man or Hen­ry M. Wright.

Music: Hen­ry M. Wright (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Bate­man (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Come, shout and sing,
Make Hea­ven ring
With prais­es to our king,
Who bled and died, was cru­ci­fied,
That He might par­don bring.
His blood doth save the soul,
Doth cleanse and make it whole,
The blood of Je­sus cleans­es
White as snow.

Refrain

O the blood of Je­sus cleans­es
White as snow, yes, I know!
The blood of Je­sus cleans­es
White as snow, yes, I know!
I bless the hap­py day,
When He washed my sins away,
The blood of Je­sus cleans­es
White as snow.

Come, join our band,
And make a stand
To drive sin from our land;
To do or die, our bat­tle cry,
We fight at God’s com­mand,
With ban­ner wide un­furled;
We tell to all the world:
The blood of Je­sus cleans­es
White as snow.

Refrain

The Lord is near
When foes ap­pear,
With Him we shall not fear,
But fight the fight for God and right,
Nor count the cost too dear.
Then when we come to die,
We’ll shout our bat­tle cry:
The blood of Je­sus cleans­es
White as snow.

Refrain