Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Love and Praise No. 3, ed­it­ed by John R. Swe­ney, Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick & Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1896), page 175. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Hope Try­away, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, 1891 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William J. Kirkpatrick
(1838–1921)

Lyrics

My hap­py soul re­joic­es,
The sky is bright above;
I’ll join the heav’n­ly voic­es,
And sing re­deem­ing love.

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For there’s pow­er in Je­sus’ blood,
Power in Je­sus’ blood;
There’s pow­er in Je­sus’ blood
To wash me white as snow.

I heard the bless­èd sto­ry
Of Him who died to save;
The love of Christ swept o’er me,
My all to Him I gave.

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His gra­cious words of par­don
Were mu­sic to my heart;
He took away my bur­den,
And bade my fears de­part.

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I plunge be­neath this fount­ain,
That cleans­eth white as snow;
It pours from Cal­va­ry’s mount­ain,
With bless­ing in its flow.

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Oh, crown Him King for­ev­er!
My Sav­ior and my friend;
By Zi­on’s crys­tal ri­ver
His praise shall ne­ver end.

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