Scripture Verse

On your feet! He’s calling you. Mark 10:49

Introduction

Words: Mar­tha Ele­rick.

Music: L. J. Bi­shop, ar­ranged by Ro­bert E. Mc­Neill in Bi­ble Songs of Sal­va­tion and Vic­to­ry (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: M. W. Knapp, 1902), num­ber 168 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Robert E. McNeill (1861–1937)

Lyrics

Jesus, Sav­ior, now is call­ing,
Turn, O turn from sin away;
He will all your bur­dens car­ry,
Turn your dark­ness into day.

Refrain

The pre­cious blood, it cleans­eth me;
The pre­cious blood now cleans­eth me;
Pure, ex­haust­less, ev­er flow­ing,
Precious blood, it cleans­eth me.

Jesus, Sav­ior, now is wait­ing,
To for­give your ev­ery sin;
Haste, O hast­en to the foun­tain;
Now He bids you en­ter in.

Refrain

Jesus, Sav­ior, has com­mand­ed,
Be ye wholly sanc­ti­fied;
On the day of His re­turn­ing,
He will wel­come home His bride.

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Jesus, Sav­ior, has as­cend­ed
To the Fa­ther’s realms so fair,
For His peo­ple pure and ho­ly,
Heav’nly man­sions to pre­pare.

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Jesus, Sav­ior, how I love Thee,
For the grace Thou dost be­stow;
Now Thy precious blood is cleansing
Whiter than the driven snow.

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