Scripture Verse

The Son of Man came…to give His life a ransom for many. Mark 10:45

Introduction

Words: Mi­ri­am E. Oat­man, in The Best Gos­pel Songs and Their Com­pos­ers (Dal­ton, Geor­gia: A. J. Sho­wal­ter, 1904), num­ber 27.

Music: Ro­bert D. Bur­le­son (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Robert Burleson (1876–1939)

Lyrics

Whate’er the road which I must tread,
Whate’er my lot may be,
One thought I ne­ver can forget—
For Je­sus died for me.

Refrain

Jesus died, He died for me,
But he liv­eth, He liv­eth again,
And some day the King I’ll see
Hallelujah, amen.

When sins like mount­ains on me pressed,
For heal­ing I did flee
Unto the fount of Je­sus’ blood,
The blood He shed for me.

Refrain

And lo, the pre­cious cleans­ing flood,
Which ov­er me did flow,
Washed ev­ery stain from off my soul,
And made me white as snow.

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And now I walk the nar­row road,
Although I can­not see,
I know by faith that I am safe,
For Je­sus died for me.

Refrain