418. Jesus, Thy blood and Righteousness

1 Jesus, Thy blood and Righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.

2 When from the dust of death I rise
To take my mansion in the skies,
E'en then shall be my only plea--
"Jesus hath lived, hath died for me."

3 Bold shall I stand in Thy great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully, through Thee, absolved I am
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

4 This spotless robe the same appears
When ruined nature sinks in years;
Age cannot change its constant hue,
Thy blood preserves it ever new.

5 And when the dead shall hear Thy voice,
Thy banished children shall rejoice;
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, Thy blood and Righteousness
Translator: John Wesley (1749)
Author: Nicolaus L. Zinzendorf (1739)
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Assurance; Christ: Blood of; Christ: Our Surety (5 more...)
Tune Information
Name: CHRISTI BLUT
Meter: L. M.
Key: G Major or modal
Source: Leipzig, 1625



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