The Cleansing Wave
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
3 words changed · 1 stanza only in Christ in Song #79 · 2 stanzas only in SDA Hymnal #332
Verse 1
O now I see the cleansing wave,
The fountain deep and wide;
Jesus, my Lord, mighty to save,
Points to His wounded side.
Verse 1
O now I see the crimson wave,
The fountain deep and wide;
Jesus, my Lord, mighty to save,
Points to His wounded side.
Not in this version
Verse 2
I see the new creation rise,
I hear the speaking blood;
It speaks polluted nature dies,
Sinks 'neath the cleansing flood.
Verse 3
I rise to walk in heaven's own light,
Above the world and sin,
With heart made pure and garments white,
And Christ enthroned within.
Verse 3
I rise to walk in heaven's own light,
Above the world and sin,
With heart made pure and garments white,
And Christ enthroned within.
Not in this version
Verse 4
Amazing grace! 'tis heaven below
To feel the blood applied;
And Jesus, only Jesus, know,
My Jesus crucified.
Verse 2
The cleansing stream I see, I see,
I plunge, and oh, it cleanseth me!Oh, praise the Lord! it cleanseth me,
It cleanseth me, yes, cleanseth me.
Refrain
The cleansing stream I see, I see,
I plunge, and O, it cleanseth me!
O praise the Lord! it cleanseth me,
It cleanseth me, yes, cleanseth me.
Refrain
The cleansing stream flows on! I plunge, and oh, it cleanseth me!
Oh, praise the Lord, it cleanseth me! It cleanseth me, yes, cleanseth me!
Not in this version