Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Gar­field T. Hay­wood, 1919 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Garfield T. Haywood
1880–1931

Lyrics

In sin I wandered sore and sad
With bleeding heart and aching head,
Till Jesus came and sweetly said,
I’ll take thy sins away.

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Thank God for the blood!
Thank God for the blood!
Thank God for the blood
That washes white as snow.

I gave my heart, my life, my all
To Him who drank the cup of gall
To raise the guilty from the fall
And take their sins away.

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The water, Spirit and the blood
Agree, if we but understood,
In making sinners pure and good,
And take their sins away.

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How wonderful God’s mighty plan!
How grace the awful guilt did span
When He took on the form of man
To take our sins away.

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We cannot know, we may not tell
How we are saved from death and hell;
Thru faith we know that all is well—
He took our sins away.

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