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Text:Not all the blood of beast
Author:Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:ST. BRIDE
Composer:S. Howard, 1710-1782

87. Not all the blood of beast

1 Not all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain,
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away our stain.

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,
Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood, than they,

3 My faith would lay her hand
On that meek head of Thine,
While as a penitent I stand,
And here confess my sin.

4 My soul looks back to see
The burden Thou didst bear
When hanging on the accursed tree,
And knows her guilt was there.

5 Believing, we rejoice
To feel the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb, with cheerful voice,
And trust His bleeding love.

Text Information
First Line: Not all the blood of beast
Author: Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Christ: Coming again; Christ: Heavenly Lamb; Christ: Immanuel (6 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ST. BRIDE
Composer: S. Howard, 1710-1782
Meter: S.M.
Key: g minor



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