Calvarys Anthem- A Puritan Prayer.

Thou hast led me singing to the cross
    where I fling down all my burdens
       and see them vanish,
    where my mountains of guilt are leveled
       to a plain,
    where my sins disappear, though they are
       the greatest that exist,
    and are more in number than the grains
       of fine sand;

For there is power in the blood of Calvary
    to destroy sins more than can be counted
       even by one from the choir of heaven.
Thou hast given me a hill-side spring
    that washes clear and white,
       and I go as a sinner to its waters,
          bathing without hindrance
             in its crystal streams. 

At the cross there is free forgiveness
       for poor and meek ones,
    and ample blessings that last forever;
The blood of the Lamb is like a great river
       of infinite grace
    with never any diminishing of its fullness
       as thirsty ones without number drink of it.

O Lord, forever will thy free forgiveness live
    that was gained on the mount of blood;
In the midst of a world of pain
    it is a subject for praise in every place
       a song on earth, anthem in heaven,
          its love and virtue knowing no end.

I have a longing for the world above
    where multitudes sing the great song,
    for my soul was never created to love
       the dust of earth.
Though here my spiritual state is frail and poor,
    I shall go on singing Calvary’s anthem.
May I always know
    that a clean heart full of goodness
       is more beautiful than the lily,
    that only a clean heart can sing by night
       and by day,
    that such a heart is mine when I abide at Calvary.