His children shall have a place of refuge.
Proverbs 14:26
Words: George P. R. Ewens, in the Salvation Army’s War Cry, June 16, 1881. This song has published and adapted many times, sometimes giving credit to different authors and composers.
Music: Adapted from Edward E. Nickerson, Highway Hymns (Boston, Massachusetts: 1886), number 20 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Ewens, or a better one of Nickerson (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), would you ?
If you want pardon, if you want peace,
If you want sorrow and sighing to cease,
Look up to Jesus who died on the tree
To purchase a full salvation.
Refrain
Living beneath the shade of the cross,
Counting the jewels of earth but dross,
Cleansed in the blood that flows from His side,
Enjoying a full salvation.
If you want Jesus’ reign in your soul,
Plunge in the fountain and you shall be whole,
Washed in the blood of the crucified One,
Enjoying a full salvation.
Refrain
If you want boldness, join in the fight;
If you want purity, walk in the light;
If you want liberty, shout and be free,
Enjoying a full salvation.
Refrain
If you’d be holy, cling to the cross,
Counting earth’s riches as nothing but dross;
Down at His feet you’ll be cleansed and made free
Enjoying a full salvation.
Refrain