Titus Chu
September 3, 2020
- Can blood so precious, so strong sustain
This foremost sinner of all?
While Satan blames and accuses oft
My impotence and fall.
I tremble, fearing the pow’r of sin,
Beseiged by fear I am lost,
Though sense of sin often swallows me,
Redemption paid the cost.
O, precious blood, eternal blood!
Noble display, wonderfully!
O, precious blood, to God is giv’n,
His satisfaction see. - Is life eternal, divine, in me?
Can it not vanish one day?
Through my abuse and neglect I fear
It might soon waste away.
At times it seems it might disappear,
Not bearing sinful display;
I often felt that it would depart,
Yet still it does increase.
Wonderful life, O soothing life!
Fresh and divine, so heavenly!
Wonderful life now lives in me,
His satisfaction see. - Can this magnificent, free release
From all oppression set free?
Although the power of sin exhausts,
His life still lives in me.
Aware that I am incurable,
In resurrection He lives;
Despite my feeling of hopelessness,
His life to me He gives.
Precious release, O great release!
Creation new, now I am free;
Precious release I now possess,
His satisfaction see. - Am I now able to live for God
In resurrection with Him?
Unworthy feelings I often have,
Yet still He lives within.
Although death somehow might enter in,
This life is vital, prepared;
His life and my life become as one,
One life and living shared.
Oh resurrection, heav’nly, real!
O what a gain, life will sustain!
Oh, resurrection, hea’nly, real,
God satisfied will reign.
Words: Titus Chu, 1983, translated from Chinese, adapted
Music: unknown
