Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet – IOTW Report

Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet

 

 

Sermonwriters.com What distinguished this old man from other street people was his song. The song he sang under his breath was a simple, repetitive Sunday-school tune. He would sit and quietly sing it, hour after hour after hour. He would sing:

Jesus’ blood never failed me yet, Never failed me yet
Jesus’ blood never failed me yet,
There’s one thing I know, For he loves me so…

It was like an endless loop. The song’s final line fed into its first line, starting the tune over and over again without ceasing. The man’s weak, old, untrained voice never wavered from pitch, never went flat, never changed key. The simple intervals of the tune were perfectly maintained for however long he sang.

A performance of the piece based on the recording of this homeless man’s looping Sunday school hymn –Here 

9 Comments on Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet

  1. Preached at the homeless shelter on Easter – always reminds me of how I could have turned out – men desperately needing a break to get the prison stink off or the destroyed family blues.

    People clinging to the raggedy possessions and what dignity they may have left. Needing to make eye contact with people who don’t flinch away.

    Knowing each of us is an addiction or an illness or a pissed=off boss away.

    Meeting in God’s place on His dime.

    Pray and help another person when and where you can.

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  2. I had a cassette tape of this in the 80s. The first time I heard it I began sobbing about 10 minutes in. So did everyone else in the art studio where Gavin Bryars inadvertently piped the music into. The more current version (on CD) is in 5 parts and lasts over 75 minutes. It’s a fantastic composition. (Try not to think of flowers.)

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