Wednesday Video: Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Philip Bliss, beloved gospel musician and good friend of D. L. Moody, wrote this great hymn shortly before his untimely death in 1876, in a train wreck near Ashtabula, Ohio. In his last public meeting Mr. Bliss conducted a service for 800 inmates at the Michigan State Prison. Many of them wept in true repentance as he sang the verses of “Hallelujah! What a Savior!”

This particular version features a movie clip from the life of Martin Luther. The first four verses of the hymn tell the crucifixion story, each one ending with a burst of praise, “Hallelujah! What a Savior!” The final verse moves us from Calvary to the glorious day when Jesus will come again.