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