Heavenly Father,
You have led me singing to the cross where I fling down all my burdens
and see them vanish
where my mountains of guilt are flattened to a plain
where my sins disappear, even though they are the worst ones in the world,
are are more in number than the grains of fine sand;
For there is power in the blood of Calvary
to destroy sins too numerous to count
even if it were committed by one of the choir of heaven.
You have given me a hill-side spring
that washes clear and white,
and I go as a sinner to its waters
bathing without restraint
in its crystal streams.
At the cross there is free forgiveness
for poor and meek ones,
and ample blessings that last forever;
The blood of the Lamb is like a great river
of infinite grace
with never any diminishing of its fullness
as thirsty ones without number drink of it.
O Lord, forever will your free forgiveness live
that was gained on the mount of blood;
In the midst of a world of pain
it is a subject for praise in every place,
a song on earth, and anthem in heaven,
its love and virtue knowing no end.
I have a longing for the world above
where multitudes sing the great song,
for my soul was never created to love the dust of the earth.
Though here my spiritual state is frail and poor,
I shall go on singing Calvary's anthem.
May I always know
that a clean heart full of goodness
is more beautiful than the lily,
that only a clean heart can sing by night
and by day,
that such a heart is mine when I abide
at Calvary.
Welcome back! Two Christ-exalting posts. SDG
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