The Blood-Washed Pilgrim (Palms of Victory)

An upbeat song that follows the blood-washed pilgrim through furnace, storm, and prison to his ultimate crown, throne, and sceptre in God's Eternal Life - with palms of victory all the way. This one will get your feet tapping and heart singing!

1. I saw a blood-washed pilgrim, a sinner saved by grace,
   Upon the King's great highway with peaceful, shining face;
   Temptations sore beset him, but nothing could affright;
   He said, "The yoke is easy, The burden, it is light."

   Chorus
   Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,
   Palms of victory I shall wear.
   Then palms of victory, crowns of glory,
   Palms of victory I shall wear.

2. I saw him in the furnace; He doubted not, nor feared,
   And in the flames beside him the Son of God appeared;
   Tho' seven times 'twas heated with all the tempter's might,
   He said, "The yoke is easy, The burden, it is light."

3. 'Mid storms, and clouds, and trials, in prison, at the stake,
   He leaped for joy, rejoicing, 'Twas all for Jesus' sake;
   That God should count him worthy, was such supreme delight,
   He cried, "The yoke is easy, The burden is so light."

4. I saw him overcoming, thro' all the swelling strife,
   Until he crossed the threshold of God's Eternal Life;
   The Crown, the Throne, the Sceptre, The Name, the Stone so White,
   Were his, who found, in Jesus, The yoke and burden light.