Victory In Jesus

Victory In Jesus

Eugene Bartlett had always been musically inclined. Born on Christmas Eve of 1885, he began teaching music at an early age.

Eugene was determined to leave his mark on the world. He was much sought after as a music teacher and, at the age of 33, founded the Hartford Music Co. and published the magazine, “Herald Of Song.”

Eugene conducted singing schools throughout the south for twenty years and was well known as a writer. He wrote over 800 hymns, none of which you have ever heard.

None, that is, that were written during his healthy and productive years. He made his mark, here and there, by teaching students and publishing songbooks, but it wasn’t until he was disabled by a stroke that he was able to make a lasting imprint on future generations.

His stroke left him bedridden and unable to move freely. The work that came so easily and effortlessly had now become a labor, taking months for him to complete his final hymn. It was published for the first time in 1939, two years before his death.

It is a song about a Saviour who gave His redeeming blood for us, but the second stanza includes a plea for His healing power followed by a third verse that exults over the sights and sounds of a heavenly home. It’s a song about victory in life, written by a man who could no longer get out of bed. His body was broken and his health was failing but Eugene Bartlett understood what victory is all about. It’s in Jesus.

Here are the lyrics for Eugene M. Bartlett’s “Victory In Jesus.”

VICTORY IN JESUS:

1 - I heard an old, old story

How a Savior came from glory

How He gave His life on Calvary

To save a wretch like me

I heard about His groaning

Of His precious blood's atoning

Then I repented of my sins

And won the victory

(Chorus)

O victory in Jesus

My Savior, forever

He sought me and bought me

With His redeeming blood

He loved me ere I knew Him

And all my love is due Him

He plunged me to victory

Beneath the cleansing flood

2 - I heard about His healing

Of His cleansing pow'r revealing

How He made the lame to walk again

And caused the blind to see

And then I cried, "Dear Jesus

Come and heal my broken spirit,"

And somehow Jesus came and brought

To me the victory

(Chorus)

3 - I heard about a mansion

He has built for me in glory

And I heard about the streets of gold

Beyond the crystal sea

About the angels singing

And the old redemption story

And some sweet day I'll sing up there

The song of victory

(Chorus)