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Nothing But The Blood of Jesus is a traditional American hymn about the blood atonement and propitiation for sin by the death of Jesus as explained in Hebrews 9. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The song was composed by Robert Lowry , a hymn writer who was a Baptist minister and professor at Bucknell University .
"Glory to His Name" (also called "Down At The Cross") is a hymn written by Elisha A. Hoffman in 1878. It is thought that Hoffman was reading about the crucifixion of Jesus in the Bible and began to think about how God saved men from their sins by allowing Jesus to die on the cross. The poem Hoffman wrote based on these thoughts was called ...
In 2003, Christian band Jars of Clay covered it on their sixth full-length studio album Who We Are Instead on Essential Records. In 2006, Art of Time Ensemble released a 16-minute version on their debut album Live In Toronto. In 2011, The Music Tapes performed a cover of this song using Bryars' original tape sample for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert ...
"Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed" is a hymn by Isaac Watts, first published in 1707. The words describe the crucifixion of Jesus and reflect on an appropriate personal response to this event. The hymn is commonly sung with a refrain added in 1885 by Ralph E. Hudson; when this refrain is used, the hymn is sometimes known as "At the Cross". The ...
"There Is Power in the Blood" is a hymn written in 1899 by Lewis E. Jones. The song lends its tune to the 1913 song " There Is Power in a Union " by activist Joe Hill . "There is Power in the Blood" has been performed by Angela Primm, Dolly Parton , Marty Robbins , Alan Jackson and Bill and Gloria Gaither .
As is common with traditional songs, the lyrics differ among performers. One common theme is the evil of gambling, which the singer has now forgone. [ citation needed ] The line "If I touched the hem of His garment, His blood has made me whole" alludes to the story of the woman whose issue of blood was healed by touching Jesus' garment, in the ...
Swift starts the song with the chorus that immediately makes her distaste for the subject of the song clear. “‘Cause, baby, now we got bad blood/ You know it used to be mad love/ So take a ...
The song "became a marching song for the Salvation Army." [2] The song contains many Bible references and allusions, including to: "They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" from Revelation 7:14. The song has been recorded by many notable recording artists, including Johnny Cash, Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, the ...