Free from the Law

Words by P. P. miss Music by P. P. Bliss

"Free from the law, oh, happy condition, Jesus hath bled, and there is remission.” “What shall I give my husband for a Christmas present?” asked Mrs. Bliss of a friend, just before Christmas, 1871, and at the suggestion of this friend, she purchased and presented Mr. Bliss with a bound volume of a monthly English periodical called ”Things New and Old. ”From reading in this book something in connection with Romans 8, and Hebrews 10, this glorious gospel song was suggested to him.