Victory

“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.
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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.

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 somehow Jesus came and bro’t
To me the victory.

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.”

“Victory in Jesus” was written in 1939, two years before the composer, Eugene Bartlett’s death. I can’t read the word’s without singing them. The song tells a beautiful story of our Savior.

Many are so close and yet so far from enjoying this saving power ~Victory In Jesus. Some profess Jesus but do not possess him; some get in the Word, but never allow the Word to get into them. Theirs is an intellectual following, lacking the emotional involvement. They have a powerless religion too often based on what, not who, they know.

Read the song again, go on, one more time; but wait! Don’t read the words with your eyes; allow your heart to soak up each stanza, every thought; let it fill you with the Victorious Christ. Let your emotions overwhelm your intellect and enjoy the song of Victory.