Easily one of the most powerful hymns of the past 50 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZuIyrwSqHY
Wow! Beautiful song; powerful lyrics. Have never heard it before. I collect hymnals (mostly Baptist), and will have to see if it’s in any of them.
I’ve noticed that some of the hymns I’ve sung since the ‘50s have had lyrics changed over the years. For instance, some have taken out “for such as worm as I” and replaced it with “for sinners such as I”. People like the warm and fuzzy feeling when, in truth, if you come out of church feeling too warm and fuzzy the preacher hasn’t done his job. You should be disturbed and convicted.
We stopped attending an SBC church in California when the choir director wanted to change lyrics that mentioned Christ’s blood. He said, “It offends some people.” It’s supposed to. Without the blood, nothing matters. Anyhow, knowing that mindset was in that particular church, we moved on.