1 Have faith in the blood of the Crucified One,
For truly it banishes sin;
Your sins may be many, but soon shall be gone,
The fountain is waiting, step in.
Refrain:
Have faith in the blood that banishes sin;
Come now to the soul-cleansing flood;
There’s cleansing for all who have faith to step in;
Have faith, oh, have faith in the blood.
2 Your Savior has died that your soul may be free,
His life-blood was given for you;
Oh, come to the fountain that cleansed you may be,
Let Jesus your spirit renew. [Refrain]
3 So far from the right you have wandered away,
Come now, let your wandering cease;
The Lord will remove your transgressions today
And fill you with gladness and peace. [Refrain]
4 Don’t wait till the gate of the fountain shall close
And shut you forever outside;
Oh, come to the Lord, on His bosom repose
And there, free and sinless, abide. [Refrain]
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #14806
Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >
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