Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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James M. Black (1856–1938)

Words: Isaac W. Nay­lor, in Songs of the Soul, ed­it­ed by Jo­seph F. Ber­ry & James Black (New York: George Hughes, 1894), num­ber 2.

Music: Im­phal James M. Black (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Nay­lor (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Black,

Lyrics

Oh! hast­en now to Calv’ry’s mount­ain,
There’s cleans­ing in the pre­cious blood;
And plunge in­to the flow­ing fount­ain,
There’s cleans­ing in the pre­cious blood.

Refrain

There’s cleans­ing in the pre­cious blood,
Plunge now be­neath the crim­son flood;
Confessing all your sins to Je­sus,
There’s cleans­ing in the pre­cious blood.

Come now, to­ge­ther let us rea­son,
There’s cleans­ing in the pre­cious blood;
Although your sins be red like crim­son,
There’s cleans­ing in the precious blood.

Refrain

Your heart is full of sin and sad­ness,
There’s cleans­ing in the pre­cious blood;
In Je­sus there is joy and glad­ness,
There’s cleans­ing in the prec­ious blood.

Refrain

At morn­ing, noon and night I’m sing­ing,
There’s cleans­ing in the pre­cious blood;
Oh, let us keep the an­them ring­ing,
There’s cleans­ing in the pre­cious blood.

Refrain