1 THIS, this is he that came
By water and by blood!
Jesus is our atoning Lamb,
Our sanctifying God.
2 See from his wounded side
The mingled current flow!
The water and the blood applied
Shall wash us white as snow.
3 The water cannot cleanse,
Before the blood we feel,
To purge the guilt of all our sins,
And our forgiveness seal.
4 But both in Jesus join,
Who speaks our sins forgiven,
And gives the purity divine
That makes us meet for heaven.