Scripture Verse

Passed from death unto life. John 5:24

Introduction

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Philip Bliss (1838–1876)

Words: Phi­lip P. Bliss (1838–1876). Pub­lished in Wel­come Tid­ings, ed­it­ed by Ro­bert Low­ry, W. How­ard Doane & Ira D. San­key (New York: Big­low & Main, 1877), num­ber 54.

Music: Ta­ran­to James Mc­Gra­na­han (1840–1907) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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James McGranahan
(1840–1907)
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Lyrics

Look unto Me and be ye saved,
I heard the Just One say;
And as by faith on Him I gazed,
My bur­den rolled away.

Refrain

I’ve passed the cross at Cal­va­ry,
I’m on the Hea­ven side;
The world is cru­ci­fied to me,
Since Christ my ran­som died;
The world is cru­ci­fied to me,
Since Christ my ran­som died.

By His atone­ment re­con­ciled,
My Fa­ther’s face I see;
The emp­ty tomb now in­ter­venes
Between the world and me.

Refrain

Oh, glo­ri­ous height of van­tage ground!
Oh, blest vic­to­ri­ous hour!
In Him to trust and ful­ly know
His re­sur­rect­ion pow­er.

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