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There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel’s veins; And sinners plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; O may I there, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away! Dear dying Lamb! thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel’s veins; And sinners plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; O may I there, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away! Dear dying Lamb! thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- William Cowper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 81 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: BLOOD
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