His Blood Availed for Me

There’s a crimson tide from the Savior’s side,
And it purgeth all who plunge therein;
O its healing stream doth the soul redeem,
And it cleanseth from all sin.

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Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
It cleansed my heart and made me free;
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
His blood availed for me.

There’s a boundless sea flowing full and free,
From the cross where Jesus bled and died;
O its precious flow washes white as snow,
And its mercies e’er abide.

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From the contrite heart He doth ne’er depart,
But He offers pardon o’er and o’er;
He the sins doth roll from the burdened soul,
And remembers them no more.

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Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Year: 1899

Elisha Albright Hoffman (1839–1929) is the most common attribution for this gospel song. Some hymnals list it as anonymous or credit only the tune, but the lyrics match Hoffman's known body of work in both style and publication history around the turn of the 20th century.