Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb music from Gospel Praise Book A Collection of Choice Gems of Sacred Song by Asa Hull 1880 pg 194

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, a

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minister from Pennsylvania; it was first published in ''Spiritual Songs for Gospel Meetings and the Sunday School.'' The song "became a marching song for the

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."W. K. McNeil, ''Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music'' (2005) p. 188 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0415941792 The song contains many

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references and allusions, including to: "They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" from

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7:14. The song has been recorded by many notable recording artists, including

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, the

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and Ernest Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers in the

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(1927). It can be heard in the

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film, ''

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'', as well as the video game ''

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'' under the name "Blood of the Lamb"

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