1 On Calvary there stood a Cross,
And nailed thereon was One
Who was the bearer of my sin,
God’s well-beloved Son.
Refrain:
Oh, the blood of the Lamb!
Oh, the blood of the Lamb!
That was shed on Calvary!
It was shed for you,
It was shed for me,
When He died upon the tree.
2 There the Redeemer gave His blood
To ransom me from sin,
And made an end of all my guilt,
And brought redemption in. [Refrain]
3 Upon that Cross, that bitter Cross,
My weight of guilt He bore,
Secured a clearance for my sins;
My soul can ask no more. [Refrain]
4 Before that Cross I weep and pray,
And worship and adore,
And God’s free grace I will extol
And laud forevermore. [Refrain]
Source: Honey Out of the Rock: a compilation of sacred songs and hymns for use in gospel meetings and other religious services #142
Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873.
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