GHS 128 : Victory In Jesus Lyrics
GHS 128, “Victory In Jesus,” is a personal testimony hymn that traces the journey of a soul from hearing the gospel for the first time to living in the victory it promises. Written by Eugene Monroe Bartlett in 1939, the hymn is structured around the word “heard”: the singer heard the old, old story of how a Saviour came from glory, heard about His healing and cleansing power, and heard about the mansion being built in glory. Each hearing led to a response that brought a deeper experience of Christ, from repentance to healing to the hope of eternity.
The refrain is one of the most triumphant in the GHS collection, celebrating a Saviour who sought, bought, loved, and plunged the believer into victory. This hymn appears as number 128 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 128: Victory In Jesus
- I heard an old, old story, How a Saviour came from glory, How He gave His life on Calvary To save a wretch like me; I heard about His groaning, Of His precious blood’s atoning, Then I repented of my sins And won the victory.
O victory in Jesus, my Saviour, forever, He sought me and bought me With His redeeming blood; He loved me ere I knew Him, And all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory Beneath the cleansing flood.
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I heard about His healing, Of His cleansing pow’r revealing, How He made the lame to walk again And cause the blind to see; And then I cried, “dear Jesus, Come and heal my broken spirit,” And somehow Jesus came and brought To me the victory.
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I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory, And I heard about the streets of gold Beyond the crystal sea; About the angel singing And the old redemption story, And some sweet day I’ll sing up there The song of victory.
