No. 174 Old Troy or in Jesus’ Blood, Soc 75
Heptatonic ionian, mode 3 A + b (I II III IV V VI VII)
The news of his mercy is spreading abroad,
And sinners come crying and weeping to God.
Their mourning and praying is heard very loud,
And many find favor in Jesus’es blood.
In Jesus’es blood,
In Jesus’es blood,
And many find favor in Jesus’es blood.
For tune relationships see ‘Heaven’s My Home’ and ‘Happy Souls (B)’ in this collection. John G. McCurry claims the tune in the Social Harp. It is taken bodily from ‘Wearing of the Green’. A very similar negro spiritual tune is in Dett, p. 42.