Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Not all the blood of beasts
Topic: Christ/Atonement
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: H Nagell
Meter: SM
Tune: Dennis
Hymn Number: 410
Page Number: 142, 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 heav'nly 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.