Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#258

258. 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 this be all my plea—
"Jesus hath lived, hath died for me."

3 Bold shall I stand in that 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;
No age can change its glorious hue,
The robe of Christ is 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
• Author: Nicolaus Ludwig, Count von Zinzendorf (1739)
• Translator: John Wesley (1740)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: Justification; First Sunday after Easter; Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. From the German text: Christi Blut und Grechtigkeit

Tune Information

• Name: NAZARETH (Melcombe)
• Arranger: Samuel Webbe (1782)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Gregorian Chant
• Notes: Now Public Domain.