The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4487

4487. Not All the Blood of Beasts

1. Not all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain
Could give the guilty conscience peace
Or wash away the stain.

2. But Christ, the heav’nly Lamb,
Takes all our sins away;
A sacrifice of nobler name
And richer blood than they.

3. My faith would lay her hand
On that dear head of Thine,
While, like a penitent, I stand,
And there confess my sin.

4. My soul looks back to see
The burdens Thou didst bear
When hanging on the cursèd tree,
And hopes her guilt was there.

5. Believing, we rejoice
To see the curse remove;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing His bleeding love.

Text Information

• First Line: Not all the blood of beasts
• Title: Not All the Blood of Beasts
• Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1709
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SOUTHWELL (Daman)
• Composer: William Daman (1579)
• Meter: SM
• Incipit: 13322 11334 45577
• Key: e minor
• Source: Psalmes of Da­vid in Eng­lish Me­ter, 1579
• Copyright: Public Domain