Not all the Blood of Beasts Isaac Watts (1674-1748)

SOUTHWELL (S.M.) William Daman

Not all the blood of beasts
   On Jew-ish al-tars slain
Could give the guil-ty con-science peace
   Or wash a-way the stain.

But Christ, the heaven-ly Lamb,
   Takes all our sins a-way;
A sac-ri-fice of no-bler name
   And rich-er blood than they.

My faith would lay her hand
   On that dear head of Thine
While like a pen-i-tent I stand
   And there con-fess my sin.

My soul looks back to see
   The bur-den Thou didst bear
When hang-ing on the curs-ed tree
   And knows her guilt was there.

Be-liev-ing, we re-joice
   To see the curse re-move;
We bless the Lamb with cheer-ful voice
   And sing His bleed-ing love.