Scripture Verse

The precious blood of Christ. 1 Peter 1:19

Introduction

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Melvin J. Hill
1881–1950

Words: How­ard Eck­el, in The Old Sto­ry in Song Num­ber Two, ed­it­ed by Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, Hen­ry L. Gil­mour, Ar­thur S. Ma­gann & Mel­vin Hill (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Praise Publ­ish­ing, 1908), num­ber 149.

Music: Mel­vin J. Hill (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Complete in Him, I dare to say,
The blood has washed all sin away;
I’ll praise Him while on earth I stay,
And shout thro’ Heav’n’s eternal day.

Refrain

The precious blood of Jesus
Has cleansed my heart from sin.
The precious blood of Jesus
Has made me pure within.

If there’s a heart that is impure,
Apply the blood without delay,
And you will find the promise sure,
The blood of Christ will cleanse today.

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The promise is to you and yours,
And all that now are far away
Will find the blood that always cures,
If you Jehovah’s call obey.

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Whoever will may come, though dead,
The Spirit and the Bride hath said,
Let him that heareth, tell it ’round,
Abundant life in Christ is found.

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