Victory in Jesus Words: E. M. Bartlett 1885-1941 Tune: E. M. Bartlett 1885-1941 Category: Spiritual Warfare G Am G G7 C G 1 I heard an old, old sto -ry, how a Sav-ior came from glo -ry, 2 I heard a-bout His heal-ing, of His cleans-ing pow'r re-veal-ing, 3 I heard a-bout a man- sion He has built for me in glo -ry, G Em D G Am Em A Asus4 D7 1 How He gave His life on Cal -va -ry to save a wretch like me: 2 How He made the lame to walk a - gain and caused the blind to see; 3 And I heard a-bout the streets of gold be -yond the crys -tal sea; G G7 C G 1 I heard a-bout His groan-ing, of His pre-cious blood's a-ton-ing, 2 And then I cried, "Dear Je-sus, come and heal my bro-ken spir -it," 3 A-bout the an-gels sing-ing, and the old re-demp-tion sto -ry, G Em D G D Em G C G D G 1 Then I re-pent -ed of my sins and won the vic-to-ry. 2 And some-how Je -sus came and brought to me the vic-to-ry. 3 And some sweet day I'll sing up there the song of vic-to-ry. Chorus G G7 C G O vic-to-ry in Je-sus, my Sav-ior for-ev-er Em D G A Asus4 D7 He sought me and bought me with His re-deem-ing blood; G C G G7 C G He loved me ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him, G C G D G He plunged me to vic-to-ry, be-neath the cleans-ing flood.