| 1 | First the blood, and then the ointment, |
| | | Cleansing, then anointing comes; |
| | If we pass not thru Golgotha, |
| | | Ne’er to Pentecost we’ll come. |
| | If the blood has never cleansed us, |
| | | Ne’er the Spirit’s pow’r we’ll know, |
| | If for Christ we’d truly witness, |
| | | Self-life to the Cross must go. |
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| | | Through the Cross, O Lord, I pray, |
| | | Put my soul-life all away; |
| | | Make me any price to pay, |
| | | Full anointing to receive. |
| 2 | Christ, the Rock, must first be smitten, |
| | | That the living water flow; |
| | Without death the Spirit’s fulness |
| | | Ne’er could dwell in man below. |
| | If with Christ we die completely, |
| | | Willing thus our all to lose, |
| | He will clothe us with His power |
| | | And to win the world will use. |
| 3 | First the altar, then the fire, |
| | | If no loss, there’ll be no gain; |
| | If our all has not been offered, |
| | | To the throne we’ll ne’er attain. |
| | If to sacrifice we’re willing, |
| | | All forsaking, God t’obey, |
| | He to us will be committed |
| | | And thru us His pow’r display. |
| 4 | First we must prepare the vessels |
| | | That the Oil they may contain; |
| | Dig the valley full of ditches |
| | | That they may be filled with Rain. |
| | First we must go thru the Jordan |
| | | Ere anointed from above; |
| | First in death we must be baptized, |
| | | Then experience the Dove. |
| 5 | When we see the ripened harvest |
| | | Of the golden countryside, |
| | We may know that many seeds have |
| | | Fallen to the earth and died. |
| | Ere the fruit of life may blossom, |
| | | We must surely suffer death; |
| | If with Christ we’ve not been buried, |
| | | We’ll not feel the Spirit’s breath. |
| 6 | Since it must be thus, I pray, Lord, |
| | | Help me go the narrow way; |
| | Deal with pride and make me willing |
| | | Thus to suffer, Thee t’obey. |
| | I for greater power pray not, |
| | | Deeper death is what I need; |
| | All the meaning of the Cross, Lord, |
| | | Work in me-for this I plead. |
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