Children of Sin No More Are We

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Children of sin no more are we

Author: Charles Price Jones
Tune: VIRGIN (Jones)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Children of sin no more are we,
For we to sin have died;
With Jesus Christ on Calvary
Our sins were crucified.

2 Our old Adamic nature there,
(That made us go astray,
That bound in sin and bred despair,)
Died with Him, too, that day.

3 His Holy Spirit, too, He gives,
An earnest of His grace,
Sealing him who the truth believes
In Christ, God's righteousness.

4 Glory to God! The truth makes free,
The Spirit, word and blood
For this one purpose doth agree,
To make more like their God.

Source: His Fullness Songs #385

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Author: Charles Price Jones

Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness i… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Children of sin no more are we
Title:	Children of Sin No More Are We
Author:	Charles Price Jones
Language:	English
Notes:	Sing to VIRGIN with or without refrain
Copyright:	Public Domain