Hymns

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

Words: John Wesley, Nicholas von Zinzendorf · Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, William Gardiner · 1739

Verse 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.

Verse 2
Bold shall I stand in that great day,
for who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am,
from sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

Verse 3
Lord, I believe thy precious blood,
which at the mercy seat of God
forever doth for sinners plead,
for me, e'en for my soul, was shed.

Verse 4
Lord, I believe were sinners more
than sands upon the ocean shore,
thou hast for all a ransom paid,
for all a full atonement made.

Words: Nicholas von Zinzendorf, 1739; tr. John Wesley, 1740, rev. 1780 | Music: Adapt. from Ludwig von Beethoven by William Gardiner, 1815

Isaiah 61; Matthew 26; Romans 8; Ephesians 1; Hebrews 9; 1 John 2; Revelation 5

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