16.  Covered By the Blood

Once in sin’s darkest night I was wand’ring alone; A stranger to mercy I stood. But the Savior came nigh when he heard my faint cry, And he put my sins under the blood.

They are covered by the blood; They are covered by the blood; My sins are all covered by the blood.  Mine iniquities so vast have been blotted out at last, My sins are all covered by the blood.

2.

From the burden I carried now I am set free, For Jesus has lifted my load.  O the love and the grace I received in its place, When he put my sins under the blood.

They are covered by the blood; They are covered by the blood; My sins are all covered by the blood. Mine iniquities so vast have been blotted out at last, My sins are all covered by the blood.

3.

I can ne’er understand why he sought even me, Why his lifeblood on Calvary flowed.  But sufficient for me, since he died on the tree, He hath put my sins under the blood.

They are covered by the blood; They are covered by the blood; My sins are all covered by the blood.  Mine iniquities so vast have been blotted out at last, My sins are all covered by the blood.

4.

Now he comes to my heart and removes ev’ry care;  He bears all my cumbering load.  In a pathway replete with his love are my feet, Since he put my sins under the blood.

They are covered by the blood; They are covered by the blood; My sins are all covered by the blood.  Mine iniquities so vast have been blotted out at last, My sins are all covered by the blood.