The moment Alan Jackson opens his mouth to sing “Would you be free from the burden of sin” the room seems to hold its breath. It is not just a concert it is a revival. His voice does not simply carry the melody it carries the weight of generations. That night in Nashville the crowd did not clap between verses. They listened. They wept. They remembered.
Jackson’s stripped down acoustic rendering of “There Is Power In The Blood” landed on his 2013 gospel album Precious Memories Volume II and it did more than add another track to his catalog. It reminded millions why gospel and country share the same heartbeat. The hymn itself was written in 1899 by Lewis Edgar Jones and has been sung in churches and living rooms for over a century. But when Jackson wraps his baritone around those words something old becomes startlingly new.
Produced by the singer himself the recording keeps every instrument simple so the message can breathe. No flashy arrangements. No overproduction. Just a man and his faith connecting note to note.
“The song’s core message remains unchanged but Jackson’s interpretation brings a fresh perspective”
as one critic wrote and that freshness comes from honesty not technical trickery.
While “There Is Power In The Blood” never topped mainstream radio charts it became something more lasting. It found its way into hospitals and funerals and quiet mornings. People who had never heard of Alan Jackson before discovered his voice through this hymn and people who had followed him for decades saw a deeper side of the artist they already loved.
In live shows the song functions as a sacred pause. Jackson brings down the lights slows the tempo and lets the audience sing along. That shared moment transforms a stadium into a church. Jackson’s performance has become a highlight every time he steps on stage a testament to the fact that some music does not age because it speaks to something inside us that never changes.
From the quiet production to the enduring lyrics everything about this recording points toward the timeless. It does not try to be trendy. It tries to be true. And in that truth lies the wonder working power that the hymn promises from its very first line.
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“There Is Power In The Blood”
Would you be free from the burden of sin?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood
Would you o’er evil a victory win?
There’s wonderful power in the bloodThere is power, power, wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the precious blood of the LambWould you be free from your passion and pride
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood
Come for a cleansing to Calvary’s tide
There’s wonderful power in the bloodThere is power, power, wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the precious blood of the LambWould you be whiter,
much whiter than snow?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood
Sin stains are lost in its life-giving flow
There’s wonderful power in the bloodThere is power, power, wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the precious blood of the LambThere is power, power, wonder-working power
In the blood of the Lamb
There is power, power, wonder-working power
In the precious blood of the Lamb