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Text:The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power
Adapter:Andraé Crouch
Author:Civilla D. Martin
Author:W. Stillman Martin
Tune:[The blood that Jesus shed for me]
Adapter:Andraé Crouch
Composer:Civilla D. Martin
Composer:W. Stillman Martin

42a. The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power

Text Information
First Line: The blood that Jesus shed for me
Title: The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power
Adapter: Andraé Crouch (1957)
Author: Civilla D. Martin (1912)
Author: W. Stillman Martin (1912)
Refrain First Line: It reaches from the highest mountain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2025
Scripture:
Topic: Triumph of the Cross; Ordinary Time: Week 19
Copyright: ©1966, renewed 1994 by Manna Music, Inc. (admin. Capitol CMG).
Tune Information
Name: [The blood that Jesus shed for me]
Adapter: Andraé Crouch (1957)
Composer: Civilla D. Martin (1912)
Composer: W. Stillman Martin (1912)
Incipit: 51554 5335
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: ©1966, renewed 1994 by Manna Music, Inc. (admin. Capitol CMG).
Notes: Based on a hymn by Civilla D. and W. Stillman Martin from Glorious Gospel in Song Number Two (1912), adapted by American gospel composer-performer Andraé Crouch in 1957, recorded by Albertina Walker’s Caravans on the album I Won’t Be Back in 1962, first published as sheet music in 1966, and arr. for hymnals as in The New Church Hymnal (1976).



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