Step out on the promise of Jesus, All ye who believe on His name

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Step out on the promise of Jesus, All ye who believe on His name

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [Step out on the promise of Jesus]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Step out on the promise of Jesus,
All ye who believe on His name;
His pow’r from iniquity frees us
Today, and forever the same.

Refrain:
Step out on God’s promise, His wonderful promise,
Be whole thro’ the blood of the Lamb;
There’s mercy for you, and there’s mercy for me!
Be whole thro’ the blood of the Lamb.

2 Your sins may be grievous, and many,
And number the sands of the sea;
God wills not the dying of any,
But all His salvation may see. [Refrain]

3 Your gold could not purchase your ransom,
Your tears wash the sin-stains away;
In Jesus alone is redemption,
And this is salvation’s glad day. [Refrain]

4 Come now to the fountain of cleansing,
For time is swift passing away;
The days of probation are ending,
There’s danger and death in delay. [Refrain]

Source: Awakening Songs for the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services #203

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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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