Keep Me Under the Blood

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Thou my ransom price hast paid

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [Thou my ransom price hast paid]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Thou my ransom price hast paid,
Blessed Son of God,
Since on thee my heart is stayed,
Keep me under the blood.

Refrain:
Keep me under the blood, dear Lord,
Calvary’s crimson flood;
Not mine own, but thine alone,
Keep me under the blood.

2 At the cross where first I knelt
Full of sinful pride,
Where I first salvation felt,
Let me still abide. [Refrain]

3 Where to self and sin I died,
Where the nails were driv’n,
Let me still for cleansing hide
In thy dear side riv’n. [Refrain]

4 Shouting with my latest breath
Praises to our God,
Who my soul has saved and kept
By his precious blood. [Refrain]

Source: The Old Story in Song #156

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	Thou my ransom price hast paid
Title:	Keep Me Under the Blood
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Keep me under the blood, dear Lord
Copyright:	Public Domain