Gospel Greats -- 'There Is Power in the Blood' Quiz

Answer: burden

The missing word is 'burden'.

Lewis Edgar Jones wrote 'There is Power in the Blood', sometimes known more simply as 'Power in the Blood', in 1899. Hymnary.org states the old-time classic has been published in 273 hymn books over the years.

Answer: evil

The missing word is 'evil'.

Lewis Jones, writer of the hymn 'There is Power in the Blood', was born Feb­ru­a­ry 8, 1865, in Yates City, Il­li­nois. He died Sep­tem­ber 1, 1936, in San­ta Bar­ba­ra, Cal­i­for­nia. The Website Hymnry.org reports he is buried at the Al­too­na Wal­nut Grove Cem­e­te­ry in Etowah Coun­ty, Al­a­ba­ma.

Answer: wonderful

The missing word is 'wonderful'.

Cyberhymnal.org reports Lewis Jones was a classmate of noted American evangelist Bil­ly Sun­day when they both at­tend­ed the Moo­dy Bi­ble In­sti­tute in Chicago. After grad­u­a­tion, Jones worked for the Young Men's Christ­ian As­so­ci­a­tion in Da­ven­port, Io­wa; Fort Worth, Tex­as; and San­ta Bar­ba­ra, Cal­i­forn­ia, the Website reports.

Answer: Lamb

The missing word is 'Lamb'.

For Lewis Jones, writing hymns was simply a hobby, according to Cyberhymnal.org. However, in addition to 'There is Power in the Blood', Lewis wrote a number of other hymns. Five of the titles that were popular in their day were 'I've Anchored in Jesus', 'Lean on His Arms', 'The Old Book Stands', 'We Shall See the King Some Day' and 'You Must Be Redeemed'.

Answer: pride

The missing word is 'pride'.

In addition to writing a number of other hymns, Lewis Jones also composed the music for 'All the Way Along', written by Ida Blenkhorn in 1904, according to Cyberhymnal.org. The Website reports Blenkhorn wrote twenty-one hymns over the years with some of the titles including 'Let the Sunshine In', 'Singing, Speaking, Praying' and 'Tell the Sweet Story of Love'.

Answer: tide

The missing word is 'tide'.

As stated in the answer to Question No. 4, writing hymns was simply a hobby for Lewis Jones. However, he did write some hymns under pseudonyms. According to Wordwisehymns.com, some of the pen names used by Jones included Lewis Edgar, Edgar Lewis, Mary Slater, and more.

Answer: snow

The missing word is 'snow'.

It's not unusual for old-time hymns to have the word 'blood' in the title, similar to 'There is Power in the Blood'. Wordwisehymns.com offers this list of hymns with 'blood' in the title:
1.) 'Are You Washed in the Blood?'
2.) 'Blessed Be the Fountain of Blood'
3.) 'Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness;
4.) 'Not All the Blood of Beasts'
5.) 'Nothing but the Blood'
6.) 'Saved by the Blood of the Crucified One'
7.) 'There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood'
8.) 'When I See the Blood'

Answer: flow

The missing word is 'flow'.

Robert Cottrill of Wordwisehymns.com writes about growing opposition to hymns such as 'There Is Power in the Blood', but strongly defends the old-time songs.

"There has been a modern trend in some circles to remove references to the shed blood of Christ from our hymnody, and even from translations of the Word of God." Cottrill writes. "It is considered to be in poor taste, and offensive to the tender sensibilities of modern worshipers. (I even heard one man argue that Jesus could have paid for our sins if He were strangled rather than crucified!) This is heretical folly. The Bible is very clear about it:
'The life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. (Lev. 17:11)'"

Cottrill is a former Bible college teacher at Briercrest Bible College (Caronport, Saskatchewan), and Millar College of the Bible (Pambrun, Saskatchewan). He is also a frequent contributor to Hymntime.com.

Answer: King

The missing word is 'King'.

PBS.org reports U.S. President George W. Bush borrowed a line from 'Power in the Blood' in his 2003 State of Union address. In the address, Bush used the phrase 'wonder working power'. The words 'wonder working power' appear in the chorus of the hymn by Lewis Jones.

Answer: sing

The missing word is 'sing'.

According to Popularhymns.com, 'There is Power in the Blood' is based on Revelation 7:14. The verse in the New King James Version Bible states: "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."


Here are the words to the old-time classic 'There is Power in the Blood':

"Would you be free from the burden of sin?
There's pow'r in the blood, pow'r in the blood;
Would you o'er evil a victory win?
There's wonderful pow'r in the blood.

Refrain:
There is pow'r, pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
In the blood of the Lamb;
There is pow'r, pow'r, wonder-working pow'r
In the precious blood of the Lamb.

Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There's pow'r in the blood, pow'r in the blood;
Come for a cleansing to Calvary's tide;
There's wonderful pow'r in the blood.

[Refrain]

Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There's pow'r in the blood, pow'r in the blood;
Sin-stains are lost in its life-giving flow;
There's wonderful pow'r in the blood.

[Refrain]

Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There's pow'r in the blood, pow'r in the blood;
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There's wonderful pow'r in the blood.

[Refrain]"