Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

Words: James T. Mc­Kim, 1910.

Music: Charles H. Ga­bri­el (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mc­Kim (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charles H. Gabriel (1856–1932)

Lyrics

There is joy in the heart
Of the one who is saved
By the blood of the Cru­ci­fied One;
There is peace in the soul
Driving all doubts away,
When we trust in the Cru­ci­fied One;
And we love all the world,
When our will is the will
Of the Christ who for sin­ners hath died:
Then to Hea­ven look up,
Trust in God and ob­ey,
As in Je­sus you sweet­ly con­fide.

Refrain

Oh the blood of the Cru­ci­fied One,
The pre­cious blood of Je­sus!
Making per­fect­ly whole,
’Tis the hope of the soul,
The pre­cious blood of Je­sus.

Oh, what joy it will be
My Re­deem­er to see,
For I trust in the Cru­ci­fied One;
I shall sing with the an­gels
The song of the Lamb,
At the last when life’s journey is done;
For re­demp­tion’s com­plete,
And God’s grace makes me whole
By the death of His in­fi­nite Son;
When the con­flict is o’er,
On that hea­ven­ly shore
I shall wor­ship the Cru­ci­fied One.

Refrain

There’s no love that com­par­es
With God’s won­der­ful love,
And Christ Je­sus for all doth atone;
God looked down from on high,
From His throne in the sky,
And, in pi­ty be­hold­ing His own,
Saw His sheep gone as­tray—
Turned earth’s dark­ness to day,
For our Sav­ior is great­er than all,
And His mer­cy is free,
There is par­don for me—
Oh, He hears ev­ery pe­ni­tent’s call!

Refrain

Then re­joice, O my soul,
In a dear Sav­ior’s love,
From the bond­age of sin I am free;
It is glo­ry to walk
With my Sav­ior each day,
And to feel there is par­don for me.
Oh, the joy and the peace
That obe­di­ence hath won!
Never tongue half the trans­port can sing;
Blest the soul that is free,
Glad in God’s li­ber­ty,
Shout the glo­ry of Je­sus our king!

Refrain