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Believers Hymn Book · No. 88 · Words: Amelia Matilda Hull · Tune: It is Well
I have been at the altar and witnessed the Lamb
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A Plymouth Brethren hymn by 19th-century writer Amelia Matilda Hull, depicting the believer standing at the altar and witnessing Christ as the wholly-consumed sacrificial Lamb. The hymn moves from that vision to a divine declaration of complete, eternal forgiveness — sin blotted out by blood and remembered no more.
Verse 1
I have been at the altar and witnessed the Lamb
Burnt wholly to ashes for me;
And watched its sweet savour ascending on high,
Accepted, O Father, by Thee.
Verse 2
And lo, while I gazed at the glorious sight,
A voice from above reached mine ears:
By this thine iniquity's taken away,
And no trace of it on thee appears.
Verse 3
An end of thy sin has been made for thee here
By Him who its penalty bore;
With blood it is blotted eternally out,
And I will not remember it more.
Verse 4
O Lord, I believe it with wonder and joy;
Confirm, Thou, this precious belief;
While daily I learn that I am in myself
Of sinners the vilest and chief.
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