NO BLOOD, NO ALTAR NOW
1. No blood, no
altar now;
The sacrifice is
o'er!
No flame, no smoke
ascends on high,
The lamb is slain
no more,
But richer blood
has flow'd from nobler veins,
To purge the soul from
guilt, And cleanse the reddest stains.
2. We thank Thee
for the blood,
The blood of
Christ, Thy Son:
The blood by which
our peace is made,
Our victory is won:
Great victory o'er
hell, and sin, and woe,
That needs no
second fight, and leaves no second foe.
3. We thank Thee
for the grace,
Descending from
above,
That overflows our
widest guilt,
Th' eternal
Father's love.
Love of the
Father's everlasting Son,
Love of the Holy
Ghost, Jehovah, Three in One.
4. We thank Thee
for the hope,
So glad, and sure,
and clear;
It holds the
drooping spirit up
Till the long dawn
appear;
Fair hope! with
what a sunshine does it cheer
Our roughest path
on earth, our dreariest desert here.
5. We thank Thee
for the crown
Of glory and of
life;
'Tis no poor with'ring
wreath of earth,
Man's prize in
mortal strife;
'Tis incorruptible
as is the throne,
The kingdom of our
God and His incarnate Son.
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