Merrill Dunlop (1905-2002), the author and composer of this gospel song, gives this account of its origin:
"It was written in a very few minutes, although only after much deliberation, while I was crossing the Atlantic in 1927 on a liner, The Leviathan, and meditating upon the verses in Micah 7:18, 19 and upon the great dimensions of the sea - the breadth and the depth and what the Bible says about our sins - buried in those depths - removed - blotted out! Then, making it personal, I said: "My sins are blotted out, I know!" The melody came almost simultaneously with the words. I jotted the chorus down aboard the ship, as I walked the deck. Later, in Ireland, I added the words and music to the stanzas. It took hold immediately and quickly spread across America and across the seas."
Our sins are blotted out and buried. "Blotted out." is a term that means wiped out, erased, or obliterated. Our sins are completely gone from the record that was against us. After his terrible sins of adultery and murder, David prayed, "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions ... Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities" (Ps. 51:1, 9).
Unfortunately, many Christians have suffered great emotional, mental, and even physical disorders throughout life because they could never accept the fact that God has totally forgiven them. How important it is to realize that when God offers us His forgiveness, it is never a partial but always a total forgiveness - the slate is forever clean." Psalm 103:12. "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin" (I John. 1:7).
Dunlop was educated at Central YMCA College in Chicago and at the Moody Bible Institute. He played the piano and organ at Moody Church and served as the director of music at the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle. He is said to have written 700 hymns and Gospel songs.
This week rejoice in the fact that all of your sins have been blotted out and buried in the deepest sea. Praise the Lord, you are forgiven!
1. What a wondrous message in God's Word!
My sins are blotted out, I know!
If I trust in His redeeming blood,
My sins are blotted out, I know!
Chorus
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
They are buried in the depths of the deepest sea:
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
2. Once my heart was sad, but now what joy.
My sins are blotted out, I know!
I have peace that nothing can destroy,
My sins are blotted out, I know!
Chorus
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
They are buried in the depths of the deepest sea:
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
3. I shall stand some day before my King,
My sins are blotted out, I know!
With the ransomed host I then shall sing:
My sins are blotted out, I know!
Chorus
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
They are buried in the depths of the deepest sea:
My sins are blotted out, I know! (I know!)
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