I'm Kneeling at the Cross

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The blood, the blood is all my plea

Author: John Parker
Tune: [The blood, the blood is all my plea]
Published in 16 hymnals

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1 The blood, the blood is all my plea,
Nor should a sinner wonder
For guilty stain and stinging pain
Hath torn my heart asunder!

Refrain:
But now I’m kneeling at the cross,
Washing in the crimson tide,
And cleansed, I tarry at the fountain,
Opened at my Savior’s side.

2 I rest, I rest supremely blest,
Without a care to canker;
No gloomy night, my path is light,
My hope holds like an anchor. [Refrain]

3 My cup, my cup it runneth o’er,
With joy celestial brimming;
On wings of love I soar above,
His hallelujahs hymning. [Refrain]

4 The blood, the blood is all my song,
I have no bliss without it;
From every stain it makes me clean,
My life and lip shall shout it. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #9174

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Author: John Parker

John Parker, born in England, immigrated to the United States about 1847 at the age of 22. He was a Methodist pastor, serving churches in New York and Vermont. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He died in Asbury Park, New York in 1911. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Christian Advocate," Vol. 86, September 28, 1911, P. 1298 (6) Go to person page >

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First Line:	The blood, the blood is all my plea
Title:	I'm Kneeling at the Cross
Author:	John Parker
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Bending at the cross
Copyright:	Public Domain