The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3308

3308. Jesus, Whose Blood So Freely Streamed

1. Jesus, whose blood so freely streamed
To satisfy the law’s demand;
By Thee from guilt and wrath redeemed,
Before the Father’s face I stand.

2. To reconcile offending man,
Make Justice drop her angry rod;
What creature could have formed the plan,
Or who fulfill it but a God?

3. No drop remains of all the curse,
For wretches who deserved the whole;
No arrows dipped in wrath to pierce
The guilty, but returning soul.

4. Peace by such means so dearly bought,
What rebel could have hoped to see?
Peace by his injured Sovereign wrought,
His Sovereign fastened to a tree.

5. Now, Lord, Thy feeble worm prepare!
For strife with earth and hell begins;
Conform and gird me for the war;
They hate the soul that hates his sins.

6. Let them in horrid league agree!
They may assault, they may distress;
But cannot quench Thy love to me,
Nor rob me of the Lord my peace.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, whose blood so freely streamed
• Title: Jesus, Whose Blood So Freely Streamed
• Author: William Cowper (1779)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), number 22
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CLOLATA
• Composer: W. St. Clair Palmer (1893)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 55557 65511 11776
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain