to the tune of The Battle Hymn and others
verses 3-5 by Jackson Snyder (C) 2003
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1) The circuit-riding
preacher used to ride across the land,
With a rifle on his
saddle and a Bible in his hand;
He told the prairie
people all about the promised land,
As he went riding,
singing down the trail:
Leaning, leaning, safe
and secure from all alarms!
Leaning, leaning, leaning
on the everlasting arms.
2) The circuit-riding
preacher traveled through the mire and mud,
Told about the fiery
furnace and of Noah and the flood;
He preached the way to
heaven was by water and the blood,
As he went riding,
singing down the trail:
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.
3) The circuit-riding
preacher slept in flee-infested barns,
Even then he felt the
comfort of the everlasting arms;
That gave him strength to
travel on to churches, homes and farms
As he went riding,
singing down the trail:
Love lifted me! Love lifted me!
When nothing else could
help, Love lifted me!
Love lifted me! Love lifted me!
When nothing else could
help, Love lifted me!
4) The circuit-riding
preacher preached from off the stones of graves
In the open, in the smoky
rooms, in bat-infested caves.
And though the places
changed, the word was always, “Jesus Saves”
When he went riding,
singing down the trail:
We have heard the joyful
sound: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Spread the tidings all
around: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
Bear the news in every
land; Climb the steeps and cross the waves.
Onward! ‘tis our Lord’s
command. Jesus saves! Jesus saves!
5) There’s a meeting up
in heaven with the circuit-riders there,
All rejoicing in their
missions they fulfilled most everywhere,
And they’re looking out
for all the living circuit-riders here
As they go riding,
singing down the trail:
Glory, glory hallelujah!
Glory, glory hallelujah!
Glory, glory hallelujah!
As they go riding on!