Scripture Verse

Our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Romans 6:6

Introduction

Words: H. H. Hei­mar (some­times gi­ven as H. H. Hie­mer), in Songs for Je­sus No. 5 (Greens­bo­ro, Geor­gia: Frank M. Gra­ham, 1914), num­ber 2.

Music: Arn­hem Frank M. Gra­ham (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Hei­mar’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Gra­ham,

portrait
Frank M. Graham (1859–1931)

Lyrics

The Sav­ior came one sum­mer day,
And took my load of sin away;
From guil­ty fears He gave re­lease,
And filled my soul with joy and peace.

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O hal­le­jujah to the Lamb!
I’ll praise His name for what I am!
For on that bright and hap­py day
He washed my ma­ny sins away.

O glo­ry be to Je­sus’ name!
The Spir­it as the Wit­ness came;
He turned me from my sin­ful ways,
And filled my heart with songs of praise.

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I walked in peace from day to day,
And sought my Sav­ior to obey;
But to my grief I found with­in
That stub­born thing, in­dwell­ing sin.

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In vain I strove to watch and pray,
And walk in tri­umph day by day;
The foe would take me by sur­prise,
And sin­ful pas­sions would arise.

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By grace di­vine, the path was plain,
I saw the old man must be slain;
Upon the cross I groaned and died,
And, like my Lord, was cru­ci­fied.

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O hal­le­lu­jah to the Lamb!
Forever praise the great I AM!
He can the strong man safe­ly bind,
And free us from the car­nal mind.

O joy di­vine! in that same hour
The Lord of glo­ry came in pow­er;
He freed me from in­dwell­ing sin,
And now He sweet­ly dwells with­in.

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