1 There is a stream of precious blood
Which flowed from Jesu's veins;
And sinners washd in that blest flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
2 The dying thief rejoiced to see
That Saviour in his day;
And by that blood, though vile as he,
Our sins are washed away.
3 Blest Lamb of God, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till ev'ry ransomed saint of God
Be saved to sin no more.
4 E'er since, by faith, we saw the stream
Thy wounds supplied for sin,
Redeeming love has been our theme,
Our joy and peace has been.
5 Soon in a nobler, sweeter song,
We'll sing Thy pow'r to save;
No more with lisping, stamm'ring tongue,
But conquerors o'er the grave.
6 Lord, we believe Thou hast prepared
(Unworthy though we be)
For us a blood-bought free reward,
And harps of minstrelsy.
7 Harps strung and tuned for endless years,
And formed by pow'r divine,
To sound in God the Father's ears,
No other name but Thine.
Source: A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs. Selected 1856, for the Little Flock. Revised, 1881 #322
William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper"; b. Berkampstead, Hertfordshire, England, 1731; d. East Dereham, Norfolk, England, 1800) is regarded as one of the best early Romantic poets. To biographers he is also known as "mad Cowper." His literary talents produced some of the finest English hymn texts, but his chronic depression accounts for the somber tone of many of those texts. Educated to become an attorney, Cowper was called to the bar in 1754 but never practiced law. In 1763 he had the opportunity to become a clerk for the House of Lords, but the dread of the required public examination triggered his tendency to depression, and he attempted suicide. His subsequent hospitalization and friendship with Morley and Mary Unwin provided emotional st… Go to person page >
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