Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Not all the blood of beasts
Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: H Nageli
Meter: SM
Tune: Dennis
Hymn Number: 372
Page Number: 135, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNot all the blood of beasts,
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away its stain.
But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Bears all our sins away-
A sacrifice of nobler name
And richer blood than they.
My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of thine,
While like a penitent I stand,
And there confess my sin.
Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing his dying love.