June 27, 2005

Have faith in God –
His words are from the cross;
Have faith in God –
For me He suffered loss;
Have faith in God –
And all the rest is dross.
Have faith, dear friend, in God.

My Sins are Blotted out, I Know!

Words and Music by Merrill Dunlop, 1905-?

   I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; and I will not remember your sins. Isaiah 43:25.

The author and composer of this popular gospel hymn, Merrill Dunlop, gives this account of its origin:

It was written in a very few minutes, although only after much deliberation, while I was crossing the Atlantic in 1927 on a liner, The Leviathan, and meditating upon the verses in Micah 7:18 & 19 and upon the great dimensions of the sea--the breadth and the depth and what the Bible says about our sins--buried in those depths--removed--blotted out! Then, making it personal, I said: "My sins are blotted out, I know!" The melody came almost simultaneously with the words. I jotted the chorus down aboard the ship, as I walked the deck. later, in Ireland, I added the words and music to the stanzas. It took hold immediately and quickly spread across America and across the seas.

What a wondrous message in God's Word!
My sins are blotted out, I know
If I trust in His redeeming blood,
My sins are blotted out, I know!

Once my heart was black, but now what joy;
My sins are blotted out, I know!
I have peace that nothing can destroy;
My sins are blotted out, I know!

I shall stand some day before my King;
My sins are blotted out, I know!
With the ransomed host I then shall sing:
"My sins are blotted out, I know!"

CHORUS:
My sins are blotted out, I know:
My sins are blotted out, I know!
They are buried in the depths of the deepest sea:
My sins are blotted out, I know!

Have Faith in God by H.M.S. Richards, Used by Permission