Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Henry M. Wright
1849–1931

Words: From the Sal­va­tion Ar­my’s War Cry, Oc­to­ber 20, 1881. The song was writ­ten to be sung to the tune for I traced her lit­tle foot­steps in the snow. Var­i­ous sourc­es cre­dit the words to James C. Bate­man or Hen­ry M. Wright.

Music: Hen­ry M. Wright (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Bate­man (head-and-shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you ?

Lyrics

Come, shout and sing,
Make Heaven ring
With praises to our king,
Who bled and died, was crucified,
That He might pardon bring.
His blood doth save the soul,
Doth cleanse and make it whole,
The blood of Jesus cleanses
White as snow.

Refrain

O the blood of Jesus cleanses
White as snow, yes, I know!
The blood of Jesus cleanses
White as snow, yes, I know!
I bless the happy day,
When He washed my sins away,
The blood of Jesus cleanses
White as snow.

Come, join our band,
And make a stand
To drive sin from our land;
To do or die, our battle cry,
We fight at God’s command,
With banner wide unfurled;
We tell to all the world:
The blood of Jesus cleanses
White as snow.

Refrain

The Lord is near
When foes appear,
With Him we shall not fear,
But fight the fight for God and right,
Nor count the cost too dear.
Then when we come to die,
We’ll shout our battle cry:
The blood of Jesus cleanses
White as snow.

Refrain