I heard an old, old story how a Savior came from glory,
How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me;
I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood’s atoning,
Then I repented of my sins and won the victory
Chorus
O victory in Jesus, my Savior, forever!
He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood;
He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him.
He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood
2 I heard about His healing, of His cleansing pow’r revealing
How He made the lame to walk again and caused the blind to see;
And then I cried, “Dear Jesus, come and heal my broken spirit,”
And some sweet day I’ll sing up there the song of victory.
3 I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory,
And I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea;
About the angels singing and the old redemption story,
And some sweet day I’ll sing up there the song of victory.
Eugene M. Barrett
Hymns for the Family of God
<idle musing>
This hymn, like so many gospel songs, never made it into the Methodist hymnal. But I grew up singing it. I probably learned it at vacation Bible school, which when I was a kid was a whole day affair for a week, later moving to mornings only for two weeks. By the time our kids were born, VBS had become an evening event that lasted for two weeks, but that's another story.
Anyway, with it's rousing melody and decent lyrics, it's been one of my favorites for a long time. Sure, I wish it went deeper, but that wasn't why it was written : )
</idle musing>
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