Hymn & History
1 Corinthians 15:57
“Victory In Jesus”
By E. M. Bartlett, 1939
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Hymn Lyrics
THE LYRICS ~ “Victory in Jesus”
I heard an old, old story,
how a Savior 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
CHORUS
Oh victory in Jesus, my Savior 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
I heard about His healing,
of His cleansing power revealing
How He made the lame to walk again
and ’caused 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
CHORUS
Oh victory in Jesus, my Savior 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
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 angels singing,
And the old redemption story,
And some sweet day I’ll sing up there
The song of victory.
CHORUS
Oh victory in Jesus, my Savior 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
The Author of the Hymn
THE AUTHOR ~ E M Bartlett
Born December 24,1883 in Waynesville, Missouri
Died January 25, 1941 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
Bartlett was born in Waynesville, Missouri. His family later moved to Sebastian County, Arkansas. Bartlett received training as a music teacher and was a leader in developing Southern gospel music. He was employed by Central Music Company, a publisher of shape note singing books based in Hartford, which was owned by David Moore and Will H. Ramsey. Bartlett persuaded Moore and John A. McClung to partner with him to form Hartford Music Company. In 1921, Bartlett established the Hartford Music Institute, a shape note school. He provided opportunities for many songwriters and musicians in gospel music, including Albert E. Brumley. In 1939 he suffered a stroke and afterwards wrote “Victory in Jesus.”
History of Hymn
THE HISTORY ~ “Victory In Jesus”
Victory in Jesus was the final song E.M. Bartlett wrote. It became his best known and most embraced song. The song is an optimistic reminder of the hope of heaven. In the second stanza, there are references to the healing ministry of Christ.
It was written in 1939, two years before Bartlett’s death and first appeared that year in “Gospel Choruses” a paperback songbook published by James Vaughan in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. Since the early 1960s, “Victory In Jesus” has become popular among evangelical congregations, and recent hymnals published for these churches have included it.
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